I conducted a base catalyzed aldol condensation using NaOH. Now I'm supposed to calculate the atom economy, AE: $$\text{AE} = \frac{{\text{MW of desired product}}} {\sum{\text{MW of reactants}}} \times 100\%$$ but I'm unsure on how to interpret the role of NaOH: It reacts with the reagent by dep...