Acetals are often used as a protecting group for esters in the presence of ketones that need to be reduced by LiAlH4. Acetals are often used as a protecting group for esters in the presence of ketones that need to be reduced by LiAlH4. True False
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Acetal formation is a characteristic reaction of aldehydes and ketones, but not of carboxylic acids. Use retrosynthetic analysis to show how you could use a cyclic acetal protecting group in the following synthesis, then write equations for the procedure showing the necessary reagents
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