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mglbs:
Can someone please check if I did this right?
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipN_oys9z5nj5Qga3GyL0nZxRx_XNSuQIF7FMk85ReljDmq96sQ8lBEhDZeJk8gE2g?key=RUdHRmR2RjdBc1pKcWRDX2NxSHhydXc3MnZ5dkZn

Babcock_Hall:
Is it possible that the acid will catalyze a further reaction?
EDT
Are you sure that your benzyl group is in the correct place from a regiochemistry perspective?  Might be worth drawing curved arrows. 

Meter:
It is not quite a Claisen condensation, as this is a reaction between two esters (crossed Claisen condensations occur between an ester and some other carbonyl, like a ketone).

rolnor:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malonic_ester_synthesis

Meter:

--- Quote from: rolnor on July 17, 2021, 01:47:06 AM ---https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malonic_ester_synthesis

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Oh, I never really looked at the Malonic ester synthesis that way.

It's essentially a way of making a custom ester. Would you use transesterification to change the O-R moiety?

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