Organic Chemistry III
	Professor Carl C. Wamser
Chem 336 - Spring 2007	Quiz 21

1. (2 points) Show the expected final product from the following reactions:

a)

b)

2. (2 points) Show how the compound below would be prepared via an acetoacetic ester synthesis.

3. (2 points) Show the steps needed to accomplish the following conversion.

4. (4 points) Write a complete mechanism for the mixed Claisen condensation shown below. Write all steps and all resonance forms (including the resonance forms for the expected product before neutralization).