Ch. 21 - Enolate Chemistry: Reactions at the Alpha-Carbon WorksheetSee all chapters
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Ch. 1 - A Review of General Chemistry
Ch. 2 - Molecular Representations
Ch. 3 - Acids and Bases
Ch. 4 - Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
Ch. 5 - Chirality
Ch. 6 - Thermodynamics and Kinetics
Ch. 7 - Substitution Reactions
Ch. 8 - Elimination Reactions
Ch. 9 - Alkenes and Alkynes
Ch. 10 - Addition Reactions
Ch. 11 - Radical Reactions
Ch. 12 - Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides and Thiols
Ch. 13 - Alcohols and Carbonyl Compounds
Ch. 14 - Synthetic Techniques
Ch. 15 - Analytical Techniques: IR, NMR, Mass Spect
Ch. 16 - Conjugated Systems
Ch. 17 - Aromaticity
Ch. 18 - Reactions of Aromatics: EAS and Beyond
Ch. 19 - Aldehydes and Ketones: Nucleophilic Addition
Ch. 20 - Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: NAS
Ch. 21 - Enolate Chemistry: Reactions at the Alpha-Carbon
Ch. 22 - Condensation Chemistry
Ch. 23 - Amines
Ch. 24 - Carbohydrates
Ch. 25 - Phenols
Ch. 26 - Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
Sections
Tautomerization
Tautomers of Dicarbonyl Compounds
Enolate
Acid-Catalyzed Alpha-Halogentation
Base-Catalyzed Alpha-Halogentation
Haloform Reaction
Hell-Volhard-Zelinski Reaction
Overview of Alpha-Alkylations and Acylations
Enolate Alkylation and Acylation
Enamine Alkylation and Acylation
Beta-Dicarbonyl Synthesis Pathway
Acetoacetic Ester Synthesis
Malonic Ester Synthesis
Additional Practice
Tautomers of Heteroatomic Compounds
Alpha-Carbon Racemization
Amino-Acids via HVZ
Enolate Alkylation Synthesis
Carboxylate Alkylation
Enamine Retrosynthesis
Beta-Dicarbonyl Retrosynthesis
Activated Methylenes
Alpha-Carbon Texas Two-Step
Alpha-Carbon Cumulative Retrosynthesis
Dithianes
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Concept #1: Base Catalyzed

Practice: Provide the major product for the following reaction. 

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Additional Problems
What would be the major product of the following reaction?
Predict the major product for the following reaction, paying attention to the regio- and stereochemistry where appropriate. 
Complete the following reaction by drawing the structure of the principal organic product in the box. Draw the correct stereochemistry in the product where necessary. Be sure your product possesses the correct number of carbons and other atoms.
Draw the Major Product of the following Reaction:
Draw the major organic product formed in the following reaction.
Draw the major organic product formed in the following reaction.