Exhibit 29-2 Use the Data Below to Answer the Following Question(s)

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Exhibit 29-2
Use the data below to answer the following question(s):
Under certain metabolic conditions associated with a high rate of fatty acid oxidation,the liver produces considerable quantities of acetoacetate and β-hydroxybutyrate.Acetoacetate continually undergoes spontaneous decarboxylation to yield acetone.The interrelationship of these compounds is shown below.
-Refer to Exhibit 29-2.The reduction of acetoacetate to β-hydroxybutyrate is analogous to the hydride reductions of ketones studied in Chapter 9.Write the mechanism of this reduction.

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