User talk:TaroToro/Aldol/OppositeWorlds Peer Review

Peer Review
Hi!

I've completed reviewing your edits on this article! Hope you will find my suggestions helpful :) OppositeWorlds (talk) 08:33, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Response to OppositeWorlds' Peer Review
Thank you for going over my edits on this article! I responded to all your comments below:

"In the figure caption of the generalized structure of aldo, I'd change "moiety" to another more common word."

I agree that most people won't understand what moiety means, so I used the word component instead.

"Maybe add a quick figure describing intermolecular addition of aldo formation."

I agree with adding a figure describing intermolecular addition of aldols. I think it will help the reader visualize what's happening.

"Expend on "the aldol usually produces secondary compounds since it is unstable". What are the secondary compounds mentioned here? You can provide some examples!"

I agree with this and added examples of secondary compounds!

"For the stereochemistry section, you should give more context of the "isomers of generalized aldo" figure. By context I mean to mention crossed-aldo and directed aldo reactions, and provide cases where each of the four isomers are favored over another."

I agree that the context is important. However, this falls more under "Aldol Reaction" and "Asymmetric synthesis", so if the reader is curious about this they can click on the hyperlinks in the Aldol article.

"The reaction listed under the Reactions section: RC(O)CH2CH(OH)R' → RC(O)CH=CHR' + H2O is difficult to read. Perhaps you can show this in another form?"

I agree that originally it was difficult to read, so I added a drawing of the chemical structures in the dehydration reaction.

"Give a quick explanation on what the dehydration reaction is and give it a link."

I added a link to the dehydration reaction's wiki article and briefly explained the dehydration reaction in terms of aldols.

"Put Hydroxypivaldehyde in the "Applications" section. Then, explain how it is "robust"."

I agree it makes more sense for this section to be moved under "Applications". I also explained why it's robust.

"Maybe add a few more uses of aldo in the "Applications". This section doesn't quite convince me that aldo is an important starting material. I'd suggest to look for a few more drugs/ medications that require the use of aldo for synthesis. As well, which dyes and pigments are synthesized with aldo as one of the starting material?"

I agree that more examples should be added to show the importance of aldols. I added an example of a starting material aldols can make and the dye it produces. I also added another example of a medicine that uses the aldol reaction.

"First reference need proper citation. I think it would be considered as a database?"

I agree that PubChem is a database and fixed the citations!

Thank you once again for your review! TaroToro (talk) 09:27, 16 April 2023 (UTC)