The Perkin condensation is a classic organic reaction that involves the condensation of an aromatic aldehyde with an acid anhydride in the presence of a base to form an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid. It is named after its discoverer, William Henry Perkin, an English chemist who first described the reaction in 1868.
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