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Enolate ions react with soft Lewis acids such as methyl iodide at the soft carbanion end of the ambidentate enolate Lewis base.

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CH3I
         
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I
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Enolate anion (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Methyl iodide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
alpha-Methyl ketone (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Iodide ion     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Alkylation
Ambidentate Enolate Ions 1
Substitution: Concerted
Substitution: Nucleophilic Second Order

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