Chem 335 - Winter 1999 - Organic Chemistry II
Portland State University - Dr. Carl C. Wamser


Chapter 16 Homework

Brown & Foote, pages 623 - 629 :
Problems 16.7 - 13 , 15 - 25 , 27 , 28 , 30 - 40


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.