Organic Chemistry II

Professor Carl C. Wamser

Chem 335 - Winter Term

Chapter 18 Homework

Carey, end-of-chapter problems
ARIS Problems

1. Give IUPAC names for the following:

a)

b)

2. Write a complete mechanism for the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of methyl acetate.
The mechanism is the exact reverse of Fischer esterification.

3. Show two different ways to prepare cyclohexanecarboxylic acid starting with cyclohexane.