Organic Chemistry III

Professor Carl C. Wamser

Chem 336 - Spring Term

Chapter 19 Homework
Carey, pages 855 - 861
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.