Hint: Consider steric effect and electronic effect 8 5
Predict the products of the following reactions:
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In chemical industry aldehydes and ketones are used as solvents,
starting materials and reagents for the synthesis of other products Formaldehyde is well known as formalin (40%) solution used to preserve
biological specimens and to prepare bakelite (a phenol-formaldehyde
resin), urea-formaldehyde glues and other polymeric products