Alkylation of ethyl acetoacetate followed by decarboxylation could not produce base.
What is alkylation?
By nucleophilic assault on a haloalkane, the conjugate base is alkylated. The alkylated acetoacetate is hydrolyzed, which causes the keto acid to be decarboxylated and produces a ketone. The alkylated malonate ester undergoes hydrolysis, which results in the diacid's decarboxylation and acid's production.
Alkylation is a chemical process whereby an alkyl group is added to or substituted onto a molecule of an organic substrate. Alkane molecules without hydrogen atoms are referred to as alkyl groups. For instance, the removal of a hydrogen atom from methane produces methyl groups, the most basic type of alkyl.
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