Organic Chemistry
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Determine the product of the reaction below.
Identify the correct reagents that can be used to carry out the following conversions.
How are transesterification reactions catalyzed by tertiary amines?
What neutral nucleophile would you use to convert methyl propionate into isopropyl propionate?
Draw the products expected in the reaction given below.
Predict the products expected in the preceding reaction.
Propose a mechanism for the acid-catalyzed transesterification reaction shown below.
Show how you would synthesize the following compounds using anhydrides.a. isopropyl formate
b. isopropyl acetate
Diethyl carbonate is an extensively used liquid reagent for polycarbonate synthesis. Propose how you would synthesize Makrolon® using diethyl carbonate as the starting material.
Acid-catalyzed transesterification and Fischer esterification have very similar mechanisms. Identify if the statement below is true or false:
Fischer esterification can be catalyzed by base, but transesterification cannot.
Determine the product of the reaction shown below:
Provide the detailed mechanism for the following acid-catalyzed transesterification. If the step involves a resonance-stabilized intermediate, show the important resonance contributor.