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Knoevenagel Reaction

Give the structure of the products of the Knoevenagel reaction for the following pair of reactants:

      a.) Cyclopentanone + malonitrile (dicyanomethane)
      b.) Benzaldehyde + ethyl acetoacetate
      c.) Propanal + nitromethane

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