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Using an aldol reaction, suggest a suitable starting material and reagents for the synthesis of 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-4-phenyl-2-butanone....

Using an aldol reaction, suggest a suitable starting material and reagents for the synthesis of 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-4-phenyl-2-butanone.

Select one:

a. benzyl alcohol heated with sodium hydroxide, followed by reaction with 4-bromo-2-pentanone

b. acetone treated with sodium hydroxide at 5oC, followed by reaction with acetophenone in water

c. benzoic acid treated with sodium ethoxide at 5oC, followed by reaction with 4-bromo-2-butanone in water

d. acetophenone heated with sodium ethoxide in ethanol, followed by reaction with 2-propanone in the presence of acid

e. acetaldehyde treated with sodium ethoxide at 5oC, followed by heating with benzophenone in the presence of acid

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