Please synthesis of 3-ethyl-6-methyl-2-heptanone starting with ethyl acetoacetate + NaOC2H5 + (CH3)2CHCH2CH2Br; then KO-t-Bu + CH3CH2I; then NaOH; then H3O+; then heat Show the stepwise mechanism... Also is this considered an acetoacid ester synthesis

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Please synthesis of 3-ethyl-6-methyl-2-heptanone starting with ethyl acetoacetate + NaOC2H5 + (CH3)2CHCH2CH2Br; then KO-t-Bu + CH3CH2I; then NaOH; then H3O+; then heat

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Also is this considered an acetoacid ester synthesis

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