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Choose the major compounds present after the following ketone is treated with dilute aqueous base. (5 points) NaOH (cat.) H2O

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As we add dilute NaOH into the given compound, NaOH abstracts proton from the alpha to carbonyl group and forms the different enolates as shown in the given image. Then in dilute acidic conditions, the formed enolates converted into keto group and that time when keto enol tautomerization takes place, that time stereocenters changes to form the more different products as shown in the given image.

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