Acetylacetone (pentane-2, 4-dione) reacts with sodium hydroxide to give water and the sodium salt of a carbanion.

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Acetylacetone (pentane-2, 4-dione) reacts with sodium hydroxide to give water and the sodium salt of a carbanion. Write a complete structural formula for the carbanion, and use resonance forms to show the stabilization of the carbanion.
Acetylacetone (pentane-2, 4-dione) reacts with sodium hydroxide to give water
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321768414

8th edition

Authors: L. G. Wade Jr.

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