Oppenauer Oxidation-Draft

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1. Ueber die Einwirkung des Natriums auf ValeraldehydA. BorodinJ. Prakt. Chim. 1864 93 (1), 413-425DOI: 10.1002/prac.18640930168The first publication in the field of ‘aldol’ chemistry, by Aleksandr Borodin, all the way back in 1864. Note that even though Borodin was Russian and living in Russia, the paper was still written in German and published in a German journal.