Question: Show the bonding changes that occur, and write the structure of the intermediate formed in the thermal decarboxylation of (a) Benzoylacetic acid (b) 2, 2-Dimethylacetoacetic

Show the bonding changes that occur, and write the structure of the intermediate formed in the thermal decarboxylation of
(a) Benzoylacetic acid
(b) 2, 2-Dimethylacetoacetic acid

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