Question: Repeat the preceding problem for diethyl malonate. Give the structure of the product formed on reaction of ethyl acetoacetate with each of the following: (a)

Repeat the preceding problem for diethyl malonate.
Give the structure of the product formed on reaction of ethyl acetoacetate with each of the following:
(a) 1-Bromopentane and sodium ethoxide
(b) Saponification and decarboxylation of the product in part (a)
(c) Methyl iodide and the product in part (a) treated with sodium ethoxide
(d) Saponification and decarboxylation of the product in part (c)
(e) 1-Bromo-3-chloropropane and one equivalent of sodium ethoxide
(f) Product in part (e) treated with a second equivalent of sodium ethoxide
(g) Saponification and decarboxylation of the product in part (f)
(h) Phenyl vinyl ketone and sodium ethoxide
(i) Saponification and decarboxylation of the product in part (h)

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