Heating of Beta-Keto Carboxylic Acids

The addition of heat and acid to 2-oxocyclopentanecarboxylic acid produces:

A. cyclopentene.

B. cyclopentanol.

C. cyclopentaldehyde.

D. cyclopentanecarboxylic acid.

E. cyclopentanone.

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