(a) Give the structure of the Claisen condensation product of ethyl phenylacetate
Chapter 20, Problem 20.51(choose chapter or problem)
(a) Give the structure of the Claisen condensation product of ethyl phenylacetate (C6H5CH2COOCH2CH3). (b) What ketone would you isolate after saponification and decarboxylation of this Claisen condensation product? (c) What ketone would you isolate after treatment of the Claisen condensation product of ethyl phenylacetate with sodium ethoxide and allyl bromide, followed by saponification and decarboxylation? (d) Give the structure of the mixed Claisen condensation product of ethyl phenylacetate and ethyl benzoate. (e) What ketone would you isolate after saponification and decarboxylation of the product in part (d)? (f) What ketone would you isolate after treatment of the product in part (d) with sodium ethoxide and allyl bromide, followed by saponification and decarboxylation?
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