Cyclohexanone can form enolate in the presence of strong bases such as Lithium diisopropylamide (LDA). Following this, benzyl bromide was added to alkylate the enolate ion and the solution was left heated for half an hour to drive the reaction to completion.

a. Draw the important resonance forms of this enolate ion.

b. Predict the major product of the -alkylation.