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I'm working on a chemistry multi-part question and need guidance to help me learn.
1. Use a sheet of paper to answer the following question. Take a picture of your answers and attach to this assignment.
Draw the products of Claisen condensation of (a) ethyl propanoate; (b) ethyl-3-methylbutanoate; (c) ethyl pentanoate. For each, the base used is sodium ethoxide and the solvent is ethanol.
2. Use a sheet of paper to answer the following question. Take a picture of your answers and attach to this assignment.
Formulate a mechanism for the decarboxylation of CH3CH(CO2H)2.