Question: Both the conjugate addition step and the intramolecular aldol condensation step can be carried out in one synthetic operation without isolating any of the intermediates

Both the conjugate addition step and the intramolecular aldol condensation step can be carried out in one synthetic operation without isolating any of the intermediates along the way. For example, consider the reaction

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