Which will undergo deprotonation most readily in basic medium?

Which will undergo deprotonation most readily in basic medium?

  1. a only
  2. c only
  3. Both a and c
  4. b only

Solution

Due to the presence of two electron-withdrawing carbonyl group the methylene protons are very much acidic. The -M effect of -COCH3 is more than -COOMe. Hence, the acidic nature of acetyl acetone is more than rest of the two molecules.

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