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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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It determines the structure of the products of the Knoevenagel reaction for the following pair of reactants.

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