Give the Major Organic Product(s) of Each Reaction or Sequences

question 29

Essay

Give the major organic product(s) of each reaction or sequences of reactions for the following question(s). Show all relevant stereochemistry.
-How would you prepare 5-methyl-2-hexanone using an acetoacetic ester synthesis?

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