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How to prepare 4-oxopentanoic acid from ethyl acetoacetate?

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Preparation. Ethyl acetoacetate is produced industrially by treatment of diketene with ethanol. ... It is prepared via the Claisen condensation of ethyl acetate. Two moles of ethyl acetate condense to form one mole each of ethyl acetoacetate and ethanol.

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