Organic Chemistry III

Professor Carl C. Wamser

Homework 19

Chem 336 - Spring 2005

Carey, pages 824 - 829

Problems 19.13 - 27 , 31 - 34


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.