Aldol & Claisen Reactions Flashcards

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Gluconeogenesis

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Helps maintain necessary levels of glucose when your body doesn’t intake food.

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Glucose

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Primary energy source used by the brain

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Aldol Reaction

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When an aldehyde and a ketone make carbon-carbon bonds to create sugar

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1st step of an Aldol reaction

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converts an aldehyde or ketone into an enol in acid or enolate in base

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2nd step of an Aldol reaction

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enol or enolate attacks another aldehyde or ketone in an aldol addition step, creating a carbon carbon bond

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3rd step of an Aldol reaction

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water is removed

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Aldol Condensation

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the overall process of two carbonyls coming together with loss of water

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