A chemist is studying the mechanism of the following hydrolysis reaction of the organic ester methyl acetate:
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A chemist is studying the mechanism of the following hydrolysis reaction of the organic ester methyl acetate: CH3COOCH3 + H2O → CH3COOH + CH3OH. The chemist wants to decide if the O atom in the product methanol comes from the methyl acetate or the water. Propose an experiment using isotopes that would allow the chemist to determine the origin of the oxygen atom.
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