D. N. Kursanov, a Russian chemist, proved that the bond that is broken in the hydroxideion- promoted

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D. N. Kursanov, a Russian chemist, proved that the bond that is broken in the hydroxideion- promoted hydrolysis of an ester is the acyl C-O bond, rather than the alkyl C-O bond, by studying the reaction of the following ester with HO-/H2O:

alkyl C-o bond CH,CH, C 18 o-CH,CH3 acyl C-O bond


a. Which of the products contained the 18O label?

b. What product would have contained the 18O label if the alkyl C-O bond had broken?

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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0131407480

4th edition

Authors: Paula Yurkanis Bruice

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