can somebody help me with this ochem question plz?

[skim1988]

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For answer choice A to be the correct answer, doesn't it require heat to remove -OH and -H to create an alkene?

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[needzmoar]

For answer choice A to be the correct answer, doesn't it require heat to remove -OH and -H to create an alkene?

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If I remember from lab correctly, the dehydration occurs readily @ room temperature.

 

[JustwantDDS]

this is aldol condensation...i think

the base will deprotonate the alpha hydrogen off the ketone and then it will attack the carbonyl of the aldehyde, H2O leaves (H from the CH2, and OH from the protonated carbonyl of the aldehyde) and those two C double bond

hope this helps!