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Chapter 23: Q10P (page 764)

What product would you expect to obtain from the base treatment of 1,6-cyclo-decanedione?

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It gives seven-member ring fused with the five-member ring.

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Intramolecular aldol condensation:


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Removal of a water molecule on heating and formation of double bond:

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