Which of the following gives aldol condensation reaction

Which of the following gives aldol condensation reaction
  1. $\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{5} \mathrm{OH}$

Solution

Although both $\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{COCH}_{3}$ and $\left(\mathrm{CH}_{3}ight)_{3} \mathrm{CCOCH}_{3}$ contain $\alpha$ -hydrogen, yet $\left(\mathrm{CH}_{3}ight)_{3} \mathrm{CCOCH}_{3}$ does not undergo Aldol condensation due to steric hindrance *

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