When doing the reaction, lets say you have an aldehyde and a ketone, how do you decide which one attacks the other? I mean they both have carbons with hydrogens coming off the carbonyl carbon...
I ask because in Chad's reaction list he has the ketone adding to the aldehyde and I don't know why.
I ask because in Chad's reaction list he has the ketone adding to the aldehyde and I don't know why.