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Assertion: Acetaldehyde on treatment with alkali gives aldol. Reason: Acetaldehyde molecules contains alpha hydrogen atom.

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If both assertion and REASON are true and the reason is the CORRECT explanation of the assertion
If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion
If assertion is true but reason is false
If the assertion and reason both are false

Solution :Carbonyl compounds having `alpha`-hydrogen atom condenses to PRODUCE aldol in presence of ALKALI.
`underset("Acetaldehyde")(CH_(3)-underset(O)underset(||)(C)H+HCH_(2))CHO overset(dil. NaOH)rarrunderset("Aldol")(CH_(3)-underset(OH)underset(|)(CH)-CH_(2))CHO`


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