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Chapter 21: Ester Enolates
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Reactions of Active Methylene systems
There are 3 potentially important reactions of active methylenes (what
are they ?)
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Alkylation by alkyl halides
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Conjugate addition to a,b-unsaturated carbonyls
(Michael addition)
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Loss of CO2 (decarboxylation)
