Question

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. All proton-donating and proton-removing species are given on canvas.

there are 7 boxes.........O

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the first one has H3C-C-OH with OH+ --H

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and the final product is H3C-C-O-CH3 with H3O+

Answer 1

Answer:

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.

Explanation: