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Propanal is made industrially via the oxo reaction. Note the reaction is a 1,2 addition with respect to ethylene and a 1,1 addition with respect to carbon monoxide.

L. Kniel, O. Winter and K. Stork, Ethylene: Keystone to the Petrochemical Industry

H2C=CH2
  +  
CO
  +  
H2
         
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Addition
Addition: 1,1
Ethylene the Petrochemical Building Block
Industrial Process: Organic

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