Question: Based on your answer to Problem 35, predict whether or not water should catalyze the decarboxylation of each of the following compounds. For each case

Based on your answer to Problem 35, predict whether or not water should catalyze the decarboxylation of each of the following compounds. For each case in which your answer is yes, draw the transition state and the final products. 

(a)

|| (a monoester of carbonic acid) ОН RO

(b)

|| (a monoester of carbonic acid) RO

(c)

(d)

|| (a monoester of carbonic acid) RO

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