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Aldol reaction is one of the important reaction in Organic Chemistry.In Aldol reaction Aldehyde gives Self-condensation reversible reaction in presence of acid and base .in presence of acid the nucleophile is enol while in presence of base the nucleophile is enolate ion,which is more nucleophilic than the enol .Aldol reaction gives different mechanism in acidic and basic mediam.

Not only Aldehyde ,Ketone also give this reaction   but with less tendency than aldehyde becouse ketone is stearic than the aldehyde and carbonyl carbon in ketone is less electrophilic than the Aldehyde, so its tendency to react with nucleophile is weaker than the aldehyde.in the case of ketone the product again reversed to the reactant i.e. the product formed in very less quantity.