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Homework Statement


What product(s) does this reaction produce: Acetone + diethylamine

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Reaction scheme: acetone plus diethylamine (NH with two ethyl groups) gives an arrow to a product drawn as a central carbon bearing two methyl groups and two N(ethyl) groups, with ethyl groups on each nitrogen.


That is what I got, but the answer is N,N-dimethylethanamide. Can someone please explain why?
 
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  • Hand-drawn reaction scheme: a ketone structure plus a plus sign and a secondary amine with an N-H, giving an arrow to a product with two N atoms bonded to a central carbon bearing two methyl groups.
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  • Reaction scheme: acetone plus diethylamine (NH with two ethyl groups) gives an arrow to a product drawn as a central carbon bearing two methyl groups and two N(ethyl) groups, with ethyl groups on each nitrogen.
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Hi!

How have you reached the above reaction? Did you use a specific mechanism?
 

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