Question: If methanol rather than water is added at the end of a Hell-Volhard-Zelinskii reaction, an ester rather than an acid is produced. Show how you

If methanol rather than water is added at the end of a Hell-Volhard-Zelinskii reaction, an ester rather than an acid is produced. Show how you could carry out the following transformation, and propose a mechanism for the ester-formingstep.

CH CH HCH-CHCHCOH3 CH3CH-CHCH-CO Br

CH CH HCH-CHCHCOH3 CH3CH-CHCH-CO Br

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