5. Consider the decarboxylation of dimethyloxaloacetate 7 to 3-methyl-2-oxobutyrate 8 shown below H3CO cat. Cu²+ & CO2 CH3OH (aq) cat. Cu²+ no reaction CH3OH (aq) 9 a. Provide a mechanism to account for the fact that Cu2+ catalyzes this reaction. b. In one sentence explain why Cu2+ does not similarly catalyze the decarboxylation of 9.
5. Consider the decarboxylation of dimethyloxaloacetate 7 to 3-methyl-2-oxobutyrate 8 shown below H3CO cat. Cu²+ & CO2 CH3OH (aq) cat. Cu²+ no reaction CH3OH (aq) 9 a. Provide a mechanism to account for the fact that Cu2+ catalyzes this reaction. b. In one sentence explain why Cu2+ does not similarly catalyze the decarboxylation of 9.
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Consider the decarboxylation of dimethyloxaloacetate 7 to 3-methyl-2-oxobutyrate 8
shown below
H3CO
cat. Cu²+
& CO2
CH3OH (aq)
cat. Cu²+
no reaction
CH3OH (aq)
9
a. Provide a mechanism to account for the fact that Cu2+ catalyzes this reaction.
b. In one sentence explain why Cu2+ does not similarly catalyze the decarboxylation
of 9.
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