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Treatment a β-keto ester 1 with a base and then with methyl iodide leads to product 3. The new carbon-carbon bond that is formed in this process is :
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d
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Solution

The correct option is D d
It is a nucleophilic addition reaction. The new bond would form at the most positive carbon. Therefore the new CC bond formed is bond d.

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