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When acetone is treated with anhydrous ammonia in the presence of anhydrous calcium chloride (a common drying agent), crystalline product C is obtained on concentration of the organic liquid phase of the reaction mixture.
These are spectral data for product C:
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(a) What is the structure of C?
(b) Propose a mechanism for the formation of C.
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