[tcraw033]

I have this molecule and im supposed to show the hydrolysis of it there is two products and I have tried absolutley everything I think that the pentane ring on the right will have a double bond O coming off of it and the ring on the left will open up and have an OH group but nothing is working plese help.  The molecule is attached

[macman104]

You should recognize the acetal functional group (1 carbon bonded to two "ethers").

http://bama.ua.edu/~kshaughn/chem232/resources/mechanisms/review/revacet/revacet1.htm

[tcraw033]

Ok so which oxygen would be protonated?

[azmanam]

Try them both.  See which one you like better.

[tcraw033]

So I got most of the answer I have 0.9/1 and the hint says that: Normally, an acetal hydrolyzes to a carbonyl compound (ketone or aldehyde) and an alcohol under acidic conditions. In this particular case, though, entropy causes the hydroxy aldehyde to exist mostly in what form?   I have attached what i put as an answer im quite lost on where to go from here

[azmanam]

All of organic chemistry works the same way: find a nucleophile, find an electrophile, nucleophiles attack electrophiles, repeat...

Take a look at your hydroxy aldehyde.  Is there a nucleophile?  Is there an electrophile?  Have the nucleophile attack the electrophile.