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Offline timmy263610

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Mechanism of this reaction...?
« on: March 05, 2009, 08:10:59 PM »
I react triphenylmethanol with malonic acid. I then add toluene and hexanes to dilute. After that I crystallize my product.

What is my product? and the mechanism of this reaction?
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Re: Mechanism of this reaction...?
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2009, 09:17:13 PM »
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer_esterification

keep in mind two reactive sites on malonic acid.
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