Two possible mechanisms for a certain reaction are: Red oxygen is the nonradioactive isotope oxygen-18, and analysis

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Two possible mechanisms for a certain reaction are:

H3C H3C 0 H3C 0 H3C _H + 0-CH3  CH3 +   H+ 0-CH3 H CH3 +

Red oxygen is the nonradioactive isotope oxygen-18, and analysis of the products reveals that all of the 18O ends up in the water.

(a) Which mechanism is correct, and which bond(s) in each reactant must be broken to form the products?

(b) If your laboratory assignment is to determine which mechanism is the right one, how would it help if 18O were radioactive?

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Introductory Chemistry Atoms First

ISBN: 9780321927118

5th Edition

Authors: Steve Russo And Michael Silver

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