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Aldol condensation of 3-methyl cyclohexanone leads to a mixture of two enone products, not counting double-bond isomers. Draw them.

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Answer

ENONE contains $(α - β)$ unsaturated carbonyl compound having alkene which is conjugated to ketone in the same compound.

1Reaction with base(NaOH):

2After heating the above product, we get the major and minor products:

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