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What product would you expect from the following mixed Claisen-like reaction?



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The product from the above reactants when they undergo a mixed Claisen-like reaction are acetate and alcohol.

1Mixed Claisen Reaction

A mixed Claisen reaction is effective when only one of the two partners has an acidic α- hydrogen atom and the other does not therefore, one form of acetate can convert into an enolate ion hence one is a donor and another is an accepter.

2Chemical reaction occurs (Mixed Claisen reaction):