**Question**: The following chemical transformations involve multistep mechanisms. Please write a reasonable mechanism for each transformation and label each elementary step. **Transcription of Reaction Mechanism** **Chemical Reaction:** Starting Material: - 2-butanone (C4H8O) Reagents: - 1. Strong base "B" - 2. Bromoethane (C2H5Br) Product: - 4-heptanone (C7H14O) Byproducts: - HB - Br- **Mechanism Explanation:** 1. **Deprotonation Step:** - The strong base "B" abstracts a hydrogen ion from the methyl group at position 2 of butanone, generating an enolate ion. 2. **Alkylation Step:** - The enolate ion acts as a nucleophile and attacks the electrophilic carbon in bromoethane, leading to the substitution and formation of a new C-C bond. This produces 4-heptanone as the main product while generating hydrogen bromide (HB) and bromide ion (Br-) as byproducts. This reaction illustrates a typical alkylation of enolates using a strong base to form ketones from smaller ketones and alkyl halides.

Question: The following chemical transformations involve multistep mechanisms. Please write a reasonable mechanism for each transformation and label each elementary step. Transcription of Reaction Mechanism Chemical Reaction: Starting Material: - 2-butanone (C4H8O) Reagents: - 1. Strong base "B" - 2. Bromoethane (C2H5Br) Product: - 4-heptanone (C7H14O) Byproducts: - HB - Br- Mechanism Explanation: 1. Deprotonation Step: - The strong base "B" abstracts a hydrogen ion from the methyl group at position 2 of butanone, generating an enolate ion. 2. Alkylation Step: - The enolate ion acts as a nucleophile and attacks the electrophilic carbon in bromoethane, leading to the substitution and formation of a new C-C bond. This produces 4-heptanone as the main product while generating hydrogen bromide (HB) and bromide ion (Br-) as byproducts. This reaction illustrates a typical alkylation of enolates using a strong base to form ketones from smaller ketones and alkyl halides.

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