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EAS is favored at o, p positions when benzene is substituted with electron donating groups. Give the mechanism and product for the reaction of 2,6-heptanedione with NaOEt in ethanol. You are given an unknown which you determine to be either an amine or an alcohol. You later determine that you have an alcohol but the qualitative tests are ambiguous as to whether it is primary, secondary, tertiary, or aromatic.