Organic Chemistry Help: Retrosynthesis on an enolate

Hi everybody, one of the questions I hear alot is about enolate product.  How do you do the retrosynthetic analysis on one?  How do you even know it came from an enolate reaction?  Here is an example to look at: As you can see here, a possible enolate product is an α,β-unsaturated ketone.  When you see one of […]

Organic Chemistry Help: Retrosynthesis on an enolate Read More »