Treatment of the minor product formed in the intermolecular aldol cyclization of 2, 5-heptanedione with aqueous NaOH

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Treatment of the minor product formed in the intermolecular aldol cyclization of 2, 5-heptanedione with aqueous NaOH convert it into the major product. Propose a mechanism to account for this base-catalyzed isomerization.

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