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Author:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

Publisher:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

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Draw the mechanism if it involves general-base catalysis.

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a). Mechanism for the following reaction involving specific-base catalysis:

A bond is formed between carbon and oxygen atom. A specific-base catalysis taken place. The proton is removed before the slow step in a reaction.
Before the O-C bond formation itself, the proton was removed. The proton is completely removed from the reactant.
In the next step, the lone pair in the oxygen shares with carbon atom forming a new bond. The CH₃O^- is removed and accepts a proton from the catalyst to form CH₃

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