Treatment of a mixture of cyclopentanone (A) and acetone cyanohydrin (B) with a catalytic amount of base (NaOH) leads to an equilibration to form a mixture of A, B, cyclopentanone cyanohydrin (C), and acetone (D). Provide an arrow pushing mechanism for the transformation in the forward direction (A + B → C + D) as written.
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