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21. Enolate Chemistry:Reactions at the Alpha-Carbon - Part 1 of 2
24. Enolate Chemistry: Reactions at the Alpha-Carbon / Enolate / Problem 3

Draw the important resonance forms for the following ketone when the α-carbon atom of the ketone is deprotonated, giving an enolate ion.

(i) pentan-3-one

(ii) cyclohexanone

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