Can someone give me an example of what this slide is talking about?
18 Rexn with H,O - Esters Esters are hydrolyzed only slowly, even in boiling water Hydrolysis becomes more rapid if they are heated with either aqueous acid or base Hydrolysis in aqueous acid is the reverse of Fischer esterification the role of the acid catalyst is to protonate the carbonyl oxygen and increase its electrophilic character toward attack by water to form a tetrahedral carbonyl addition intermediate collapse of this intermediate gives the carboxylic acid and alcohol 18-20