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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. 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 an example of a: A) nucleophilic substitution reaction. B) nucleophilic acyl substitution reaction. C) nucleophilic addition reaction. D) nucleophilic exchange reaction.
-Refer to Exhibit 29-2.The reduction of acetoacetate to β-hydroxybutyrate is an example of a:


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