20. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives:NAS
Acid-Catalyzed Ester Hydrolysis
20. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives:NAS
Acid-Catalyzed Ester Hydrolysis - Video Tutorials & Practice Problems
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Get a 10 bullets summary of the topicAre you having deja vu? You should be! We are learning a mechanism that is the exact opposite of Fischer Esterification.That means instead of going from a Carboxylic Acid to an Ester, we are hydrolyzing an Ester to a Carboxylic Acid.Â
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