Chapter Homework
Draw in the missing curved arrows in the following mechanism and identify the arrow pushing pattern associated with each step:
Reaction:
ROH
HO OR
ROH
H-A
H-A
hemiacetal
acetal
Mechanism:
MeOH
HO
Me
HO; O-Me
hemiacetal
H-A
MeOH
H2O
F-Me
MeO OMe
MeO OMe
H2O
acetal