Teacher:In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Its intramolecular form is called the Dieckmann cyclization and produces either five- or six-membered rings. Its crossed form, common in the biosynthesis of fatty acids, only takes place if one its reactants has no alpha-hydrogens. In its intermolecular form, it begins with an acid-base reaction between a formation of an ester enolate by an alkoxide base. The enolate acts as a nucleophile and attacks the carbonyl carbon of another ester molecule. The resulting tetrahedral intermediate collapses to give the final product, a beta-keto-ester. FTP, name this reaction, the ester analogue of the aldol condensation.
Student:
Science