OH
O
ll
[O]
ll
23. CH3-CH-CH3 --------> CH3-C-CH3
isopropyl
acetone (dimethyl)
alcohol
ketone)
As illustrated above, the oxidation of a secondary alcohol results in the formation
of a ___________ .
24. The first step in reduction of a carboxylic acid results in the formation of an
___________ . The second step results in the formation of an ____________ .
25. The reduction of ketones result in the formation of a ____________ __________
.
26.
O
H+
O
ll
ll
CH3-C-O-CH2-CH3 + H2O -----> CH3-C-OH
ethyl acetate
acetic acid
+ CH3CH2OH
ethyl alcohol
The above reaction is an example of (oxidation) (reduction) (hydrolysis). The
general form of an ester is ____________.
The ester in the above reaction is __________ _________. Hydrolysis of an
ester results in the formation of an ___________ and a __________
__________. We know that a carboxylic acid can be reduced to form another
__________. Therefore, the combined processes of hydrolysis and reduction of
an ester results in the formation of two ___________.
Hydrolysis is the splitting of a compound with the incorporation of __________ to
form (two) (three) new compounds.
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