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Offline BloodCrisis

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Detailed Help 2 - hemiketal Mechanisms
« on: February 14, 2013, 05:24:40 PM »
This the second of the three excercises I need to answer. Please if somebody can help me; Karma will bless you (Or may be universe equilibrium o whatever yo call it xP).

I have an idea of this, but it will be of GREAT help if someone can write it to me.



"Calor" means heat
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Re: Detailed Help 2 - hemiketal Mechanisms
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2013, 05:45:33 PM »
Although NaOCH3 will react with both reactants, but that will be a fast reaction that returns the same reactants. It will also react more slowly with one of these reactants (an acid-base reaction) that can irreversibly lead to a new product. What is that reaction?
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Re: Detailed Help 2 - hemiketal Mechanisms
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2013, 07:10:10 PM »
. Sorry theyre not ketals.... I saw other image :P

They're Esthers... so i guess i'm closing this topic!
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