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(a) Draw a stepwise mechanism for the reaction of ethyl hexa-2,4-dienoate with diethyl oxalate in the presence of base. (b) How does your mechanism explain why a new carboncarbon bond forms on C6? (c) Why is this reaction an example of a crossed Claisen reaction?

Name: (a) Draw a stepwise mechanism for the reaction of ethyl hexa-2,4-dienoate with diethyl oxalate in the presence of base. (b) How does your mechanism explain why a new carboncarbon bond forms on C6? (c) Why is this reaction an example of a crossed Claisen reaction?
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Description: (a) Draw a stepwise mechanism for the reaction of ethyl hexa-2,4-dienoate with diethyl oxalate in the presence of base. (b) How does your mechanism explain why a new carboncarbon bond forms on C6? (c) Why is this reaction an example of a crossed Claisen reaction?

          (a) Draw a stepwise mechanism for the reaction of ethyl hexa-2,4-dienoate with diethyl oxalate in the presence of base. (b) How does your mechanism explain why a new carboncarbon bond forms on C6? (c) Why is this reaction an example of a crossed Claisen reaction?

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(a) Draw a stepwise mechanism for the reaction of ethyl hexa-2,4-dienoate with diethyl oxalate in the presence of base. (b) How does your mechanism explain why a new carboncarbon bond forms on C6? (c) Why is this reaction an example of a crossed Claisen reaction?