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21.96 A student treated methyl 2-methylpropanoate with sodium methoxide dissolved in methanol. After the solution was
refluxed for 2 hours, the mixture was analyzed by NMR, IR, and mass spectrometry. Those spectra are shown below.
(a) Draw the mechanism of the reaction the student was expecting and draw the expected product.
(b) What do the spectra suggest occurred?
(c) Explain these results.
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Transcribed Image Text:21.96 A student treated methyl 2-methylpropanoate with sodium methoxide dissolved in methanol. After the solution was refluxed for 2 hours, the mixture was analyzed by NMR, IR, and mass spectrometry. Those spectra are shown below. (a) Draw the mechanism of the reaction the student was expecting and draw the expected product. (b) What do the spectra suggest occurred? (c) Explain these results. 100- 80- 60 40- 20 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 Chemical shift (ppm) Wavenumbers (cm-1) 100 80 60 40 20 0+ 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 mlz Relative intensity % Transmittance
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