Isotopes are often used as tracers to follow an atom through a chemical reaction, and the following

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Isotopes are often used as “tracers” to follow an atom through a chemical reaction, and the following is an example. Acetic acid reacts with methanol.CH3COH + CH3OH CH3CO2CH3 + H0

Explain how you could use the isotope 18O to show whether the oxygen atom in the water comes from the —OH of CH3CO2H or the —OH of CH3OH.

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Chemistry And Chemical Reactivity

ISBN: 9780357001172

10th Edition

Authors: John C. Kotz, Paul M. Treichel, John Townsend, David Treichel

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