Chem 335 - Winter 1999 -
Organic Chemistry II 1. (2 points) Indicate the two compounds (one should be an enolate anion) that would be used in an aldol reaction to create the product below.
2. (1 point) After dehydration, the above product would be:
3. (2 points) Draw the structure of the product that would result from Claisen condensation of the ester below.
4. (1 point) Show the above Claisen product after hydrolysis and decarboxylation.
5. (2 points) Write the Michael addition product from the following:
6. (2 points) Write all resonance forms for the anion of acetoacetic ester.
