The element that has the fewest valence electrons available for bonding I believe is Hydrogen.
B. Biomass
(I guess so cause other ones are already being used)
Answer:
The reactive nucleophile is Ketone.
Explanation:
In organic chemistry, The process of acid - catalyzed aldol condensation starts from when ketone (or any aldehyde) is converted to an -enol, after which it attacks another ketone/aldehyde that has already been activated by parbonyl oxygen protonation.
The process of this is that first of all the ketone undergoes tautomerization to form -enol. Thereafter, the other carbonyl will undergo protonation which makes the carbon activated towards attack. Now, the nucleophilic enol will be added to the carbonyl in a [1,2]-addition reaction and we will now use deprotonation to obtain the neutral Aldol product.
Now, since only the ketone can produce an -enol, thus it is the nucleophile as aldehydes are better electrophiles
