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This is a mechanism of the Classic Iodoform Reaction
Step 1: An acid-base reaction: Hydroxide is the base and removes the acidic ?-hydrogen, giving the enolate.
Step 2: The nucleophilic enolate reacts with the iodine which gives the halogenated ketone and an iodide ion.
Step 3: Steps 1 and 2 repeat twice more producing the trihalogenated ketone.
Step 4: The hydroxide reacts as a nucleophile at the electrophilic carbonyl carbon, with the CO becoming a C
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