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Practice Problem 18.6
(a) Write a reaction involving a lithium enolate for introduction of the methyl group in the following compound (an intermediate in a synthesis by E. J. Corey of cafestol, an anti-inflammatory agent found in coffee beans):
(b) Dienolates can be formed from
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