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Drawing Structures for Hydrolysis Products

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The structural formulas of five compounds are drawn below. You may select any one of these by clicking the radio button below the structure.
In this problem you are asked to draw structural formulas for the organic hydrolysis product(s) of the selected compound. The hydrolysis may be carried out by heating the compound with aqueous acid or aqueous base. You should select one or the other for the Reaction Conditions, and draw products that correspond to the condition selected. In some cases there is a single major product, and in others there are two or more products. Draw structures for all the different products from a reaction. If two or more equivalents of the same product are formed only draw its structure once.
To draw a formula use the Drawing Window below. Draw multiple products on the same canvas (Ketcher keeps them as separate fragments). Since some of the products may be cations or anions, use Ketcher's charge tool to add or remove a proton at a heteroatom. When you are finished, check your answer by pressing the Check Structure button.

Compounds
Five compounds for hydrolysis: a benzoate ester, an amide, a cyclic diester, a lactam, and a fused lactone

Reaction Conditions: aqueous acid aqueous base



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