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Starting with Cyclohexanone,how Could You Prepare the Diketone Below

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Starting with cyclohexanone,how could you prepare the diketone below? Starting with cyclohexanone,how could you prepare the diketone below?   A) Treat cyclohexanone with a base under thermodynamic conditions. B) Hydrogenate cyclohexanone with Raney nickel. C) Convert cyclohexanone into the a-bromoketone and then react this with the enolate of cyclohexanone. D) Convert cyclohexanone into an enamine with diethylamine and then react this with more cyclohexanone.


A) Treat cyclohexanone with a base under thermodynamic conditions.
B) Hydrogenate cyclohexanone with Raney nickel.
C) Convert cyclohexanone into the a-bromoketone and then react this with the enolate of cyclohexanone.
D) Convert cyclohexanone into an enamine with diethylamine and then react this with more cyclohexanone.

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