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Condensation of Ketone to Alpha, Beta Unsaturated Carbonyl

This mechanism forms an enol, which then attacks the carbonyl of another molecule. The molecule then undergoes E1cb to eliminate the hydroxy group and form a carbon-carbon double bond.

Robinson Annulation, Samuel Alves-Czachor

1,4 addition of α, β unsaturated carbonyls (Xuanhe Chen)