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Ch. 1 - A Review of General Chemistry
Ch. 2 - Molecular Representations
Ch. 3 - Acids and Bases
Ch. 4 - Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
Ch. 5 - Chirality
Ch. 6 - Thermodynamics and Kinetics
Ch. 7 - Substitution Reactions
Ch. 8 - Elimination Reactions
Ch. 9 - Alkenes and Alkynes
Ch. 10 - Addition Reactions
Ch. 11 - Radical Reactions
Ch. 12 - Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides and Thiols
Ch. 13 - Alcohols and Carbonyl Compounds
Ch. 14 - Synthetic Techniques
Ch. 15 - Analytical Techniques: IR, NMR, Mass Spect
Ch. 16 - Conjugated Systems
Ch. 17 - Aromaticity
Ch. 18 - Reactions of Aromatics: EAS and Beyond
Ch. 19 - Aldehydes and Ketones: Nucleophilic Addition
Ch. 20 - Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: NAS
Ch. 21 - Enolate Chemistry: Reactions at the Alpha-Carbon
Ch. 22 - Condensation Chemistry
Ch. 23 - Amines
Ch. 24 - Carbohydrates
Ch. 25 - Phenols
Ch. 26 - Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
Ch. 26 - Transition Metals
Sections
Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
Naming Carboxylic Acids
Diacid Nomenclature
Naming Esters
Naming Nitriles
Acid Chloride Nomenclature
Naming Anhydrides
Naming Amides
Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution
Carboxylic Acid to Acid Chloride
Fischer Esterification
Acid-Catalyzed Ester Hydrolysis
Saponification
Transesterification
Lactones, Lactams and Cyclization Reactions
Carboxylation
Decarboxylation Mechanism
Additional Guides
Carboxylic Acid
Ester

When you hear "saponification" just know that this is a base-catalyzed hydrolysis of an ester. The mechanism and final product are slightly different. Let's take a look. 

Concept #1: Mechanism

Mechanism:

I hope you guys enjoyed that super easy mechanism :). Ready for the next topic?