Organic Chemistry Acid Hydrolysis question.
Can’t do. Plz help. Circled B by guess, don’t even know how to name the compound shown.
Original post by Levurmion
Cut the compound at the C-O bond. You should notice that there is an ester linkage there. Therefore, you must end up with terminal -OH and -COOH groups.
Ohhh okthanks , so A?
Pentan-1-ol-5-oic acid ( something along the lines of this ,I think)
But that depends if u want to hydrolyse it
But that depends if u want to hydrolyse it
Original post by AvogadrosAvocado
Would it be this? 
(ignore maths above)
On your skeletal (for the 2nd one) u have written a carbon in?
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On your skeletal (for the 2nd one) u have written a carbon in?
Don't worry - ignore me
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On your skeletal (for the 2nd one) u have written a carbon in?
Don't worry ignore that
I think ur correct did u not need nomenclature but the equation since I wasn't sure
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On your skeletal (for the 2nd one) u have written a carbon in?
Yeah just to keep it consistent with the skeletal diagram given in the question
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