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Q. Acidic hydrolysis of acetoacetic ester gives

Rajasthan PETRajasthan PET 2002

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$ \underset{acetoacetic\text{ }ester}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}COC{{H}_{2}}COO{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}}}\,+{{H}_{2}}O $ $ \xrightarrow[{}]{{{H}^{+}}}\underset{acetic\text{ }acid}{\mathop{2C{{H}_{3}}COOH}}\,+\underset{ethanol}{\mathop{{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}OH}}\, $