malonic ester synthesis

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In carboxylic acid: Polycarboxylic acids
…acetic acid derivatives (called the malonic ester synthesis) is feasible because a methylene group connected to two carbonyl groups (as in diethyl malonate) is somewhat more acidic than similar groups connected to only one carbonyl group and can lose a hydrogen ion to a strong base such as sodium ethoxide…
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