In a Claisen condensation reaction (when an ester is treated with a strong base)

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In a Claisen condensation reaction (when an ester is treated with a strong base), a proton is removed from the α -carbon to form a resonance stabilised carbanion of the ester, carbanion acts as a nucleophile in a nucleophilic acyl substitution reaction with another ester molecule, a new C − C bond is formed, All of the above statements are correct

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When two molecules of an ethylacetate undergo condensation reaction, in presence of sodium ethoxide involving the reaction is called as Claisen condensation and product is a β -keto ester.

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