Chapter 22: 54E (page 752)
Fill in the reagents a–c that are missing from the following scheme:

Short Answer
The reagents are:
(a) NaOC2H5/CH3I
(b) H3O+/Heat ,and
(c) LDA/CH3I.
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Chapter 22: 54E (page 752)
Fill in the reagents a–c that are missing from the following scheme:

The reagents are:
(a) NaOC2H5/CH3I
(b) H3O+/Heat ,and
(c) LDA/CH3I.
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