Acetone is treated with excess of ethanol is the presence of hydrochloric acid. The product obtained is:

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Solution

The correct option is C
Reaction of acetone with excess of $C_{2} H_{5} O H$ gives ketal as the final product.
The reaction is given belwo:

Hence, option (b) is correct.

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