Suppose you were asked to carry out a crossed-aldol condensationreaction between 4-methylbenzaldehyde and 3,3-dimethylbutanalmodelled after an experiment performed with benzaldehyde andacetone, a. what product would you expect to make? Write theequation showing the detailed structures of reactants and products?b. propose a detailed mechanism for this reaction? c. what unwantedby-product might be expected in this experiment? Write the relevantequations with detailed structures? What experimental strategymight you attempt to minimize the formation of this by-product. d.how would your major product react with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine?write an equation to depict the relevant details and describe whatis observed visually. e. how would your major product react withmolecular bromine in carbon tetrachloride? describe what isobserved visually.
