The Baeyer-Villager reaction inserts an oxygen to convert a ketone into an ester. In the boxes, draw the mechanism arrows for the reaction. Be sure to include lone pairs of electrons and nonzero formal charges for all species. Do not add structures to any of the boxes.

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The Baeyer-Villager reaction inserts an oxygen to convert a ketone into an ester. In the
boxes, draw the mechanism arrows for the reaction. Be sure to include lone pairs of
electrons and nonzero formal charges for all species. Do not add structures to any of the
boxes.
i Draw the necessary lone pair electrons and nonzero formal charges,
then add missing curved arrow notation.
Transcribed Image Text:The Baeyer-Villager reaction inserts an oxygen to convert a ketone into an ester. In the boxes, draw the mechanism arrows for the reaction. Be sure to include lone pairs of electrons and nonzero formal charges for all species. Do not add structures to any of the boxes. i Draw the necessary lone pair electrons and nonzero formal charges, then add missing curved arrow notation.
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