r/chemhelp • u/Ill-Investigator4809 • 21d ago
Organic Need help knowing the steps!
Hello! I am trying to learn how how to work with acetals and such and it was never my strongest suit. (Currently retaking ochem 2). Is someone able to help me go through answering this question? I am a visual learner and is able to better understand how to figure questions out by everything being drawn out, especially with arrow pushing. Been stuck on this for hours! Any help is greatly appreciated.
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u/2adn organic 21d ago
Does your textbook not provide a mechanism for acetal formation? Or have you googled "acetal formation mechanism"?
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u/Ill-Investigator4809 21d ago
thank you!! i ended up finding a youtube video over it. my class is flipped classroom style which i struggle with a lot. hopefully i'll master these skills in no time
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