Chapter 22: Carbonyl Alpha-Substitution Reactions
Q44E
Which, if any, of the following compounds can be prepared by an acetoacetic ester synthesis? Explain.

Q4P
Write the complete mechanism for the deuteration of acetone on treatment with D3O+.
Q6P
If methanol rather than water is added at the end of a Hell–Volhard–Zelinskii reaction, an ester rather than an acid is produced. Show how you would carry out the following transformation, and propose a mechanism for the ester forming step.
Q8P
Draw a resonance structure of the acetonitrileanion,
andaccount for the acidity of nitriles.