Which of the following is crossed aldol product in the reaction?
$C H_{3} C H O + C H_{3} C H_{2} C H O O H^{-} - -- \to 25^{o} C$ $^{'} P^{'}$

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Which of the following is crossed aldol product in the reaction-CH-3CHO-CH-3CH-2CHOxrightarrow-25-oC-OH- -P-

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Ethanal is more electrophilic than propanal- So- enolate of propanal will attack as nucleophile on ethanal-

Which of the following is crossed aldol product in the reaction?CH3CHO+CH3CH2CHOOH−−−−→25oC ′P′