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Author: Paula Y. Bruice
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 16.10, Problem 24P
Using the mechanism for the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of an ester as your guide, write the mechanism—showing all the curved arrows—for the acid-catalyzed reaction of acetic acid and methanol to form methyl acetate. Use HB- and: B to represent the proton-donating and proton-removing species, respectively.
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Ch. 16.5 - a. What is the product of the reaction of acetyl...Ch. 16.6 - a. Which compound has the stretching vibration for...Ch. 16.6 - Using the pKa values listed in Table 15.1, predict...Ch. 16.6 - Is the following statement true or false? If the...Ch. 16.7 - What is the product of an acyl substitution...Ch. 16.8 - PROBLEM 16
Starting with acetyl chloride, what...Ch. 16.8 - Prob. 18PCh. 16.9 - We saw that it is necessary to use excess amine in...Ch. 16.9 - Prob. 20PCh. 16.9 - a. state three factors that cause the uncatalyzed...Ch. 16.10 - Prob. 23PCh. 16.10 - Using the mechanism for the acid-catalyzed...Ch. 16.10 - Prob. 25PCh. 16.10 - Prob. 27PCh. 16.10 - Write the mechanism for the acid-catalyzed...Ch. 16.10 - Write the mechanism for the acid-catalyzed...Ch. 16.11 - Prob. 30PCh. 16.12 - Prob. 31PCh. 16.12 - Prob. 32PCh. 16.13 - Prob. 34PCh. 16.13 - Which has a higher melting point, glyceryl...Ch. 16.13 - Draw the structure of an optically inactive fat...Ch. 16.13 - Draw the structure of an optically active fat...Ch. 16.14 - Show how each of the following esters could he...Ch. 16.14 - Prob. 39PCh. 16.15 - Prob. 40PCh. 16.15 - Which of the following reactions leads to the...Ch. 16.16 - Prob. 42PCh. 16.16 - Prob. 43PCh. 16.18 - Prob. 44PCh. 16.18 - Prob. 45PCh. 16.19 - Prob. 46PCh. 16.19 - Which alkyl halides from the carboxylic acids...Ch. 16.20 - Prob. 49PCh. 16.20 - Prob. 50PCh. 16.20 - Prob. 51PCh. 16.21 - Prob. 52PCh. 16.21 - Prob. 53PCh. 16.22 - How could you synthesize the following compounds...Ch. 16 - Prob. 55PCh. 16 - Name the following:Ch. 16 - Prob. 57PCh. 16 - What compound are obtained from the fallowing...Ch. 16 - a. Rank the following esters in order of...Ch. 16 - Because bromocyclohexane is a secondary alkyl...Ch. 16 - a. Which compound would you expect to have a...Ch. 16 - How could you use 1H NMR spectroscopy to...Ch. 16 - Prob. 63PCh. 16 - a. When a carboxylic acid is dissolved in...Ch. 16 - Rank the following compounds in order of...Ch. 16 - Prob. 66PCh. 16 - Prob. 67PCh. 16 - Prob. 68PCh. 16 - A compound with molecular formula C5H10O2 gives...Ch. 16 - Prob. 70PCh. 16 - Prob. 71PCh. 16 - Prob. 72PCh. 16 - Two products, A and B, are obtained from the...Ch. 16 - Prob. 74PCh. 16 - Prob. 75PCh. 16 - Prob. 76PCh. 16 - Prob. 77PCh. 16 - When treated with an equivalent of methanol,...Ch. 16 - a. Identify the two products obtained from the...Ch. 16 - Prob. 80PCh. 16 - Identity the major and minor products of the...Ch. 16 - Prob. 82PCh. 16 - When a compound with molecular formula C11H14O2...Ch. 16 - Prob. 84PCh. 16 - Prob. 85PCh. 16 - The 1H NMR spectra for two esters with molecular...Ch. 16 - Show how the following compounds could be prepared...Ch. 16 - Prob. 88PCh. 16 - Prob. 89PCh. 16 - Prob. 90PCh. 16 - The intermediate shown here is formed during the...Ch. 16 - Prob. 92PCh. 16 - Propose a mechanism that accounts for the...Ch. 16 - Catalytic antibodies catalyze a reaction by...Ch. 16 - Prob. 95P
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