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hydrolysis Q
« on: June 15, 2005, 08:08:57 AM »
hey does any1 know that out of acyl chloride, amide, acyl anhydride, ketone and ester...which one won't undergo hydrolysis? do carboxylic acids and their derivatives always undergo hydrolysis?

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Re:hydrolysis Q
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2005, 11:18:11 AM »
Do you know what the mechanism for aqueous hydrolysis is?  Think about the first step.  What might make that step happen faster or slower?

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