Organic Chemistry (6th Edition)
Organic Chemistry (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781260119107
Author: Janice Gorzynski Smith
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Chapter 21, Problem 44P

Devise a synthesis of valproic acid [ ( CH 3 CH 2 CH 2 ) 2 CHCO 2 H ] , a medicine used to treat epileptic seizures, using the malonic ester synthesis.

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