Q.

Methylation of chiral ketone I as shown below affords a mixture of two dimethyl ketone products II and III.Which of the following is (are) true ?

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a

II and III are produced in equal amounts

b

III is the only chiral product i.e., its enantiomer will not be formed

c

Product II has a plane of symmetry

d

Products are formed from thermodynamically more stable enol

answer is A.

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LDA is a strong base & non nucleophilic
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