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The ketone shown has how many alpha-hydrogens in total (hydrogens on the two carbons bonded to the carbonyl carbon)? Give the answer as an integer.

Numerical answer type, tolerance 0.5.

Answer: 3

The drawn compound is 2-methylcyclohexanone. Alpha carbons: C2 (CH, 1 H) and C6 (CH2, 2 H); total 3 (RDKit count 3). Answer: 3.
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