2. Acetone (2-propanone) and water in the presence of acid reach an equilibrium

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2. Acetone (2-propanone) and water in the presence of acid reach an equilibrium with a measurable amount of tetrahedral product. a) Draw the mechanism for the formation of the tetrahedral product. What reaction type has occurred? b) What organic structural class is likely to perform a similar type of reaction with acetone? c) Select a member of the organic structural class you identified in part b and draw the product that would form upon its reaction with propanal in a 1:1 stoichiometry. d) Repeat part c using a 1:2 stoichiometry of propanal to your other reactant. e) What type of spectra would be most useful to indicate whether the starting material had been completely converted to product in part d? What spectral features should have disappeared (observed solely for starting material) and shat spectral features should have appeared (observed solely for product)?

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2. Acetone (2-propanone) and water in the presence of acid reach an equilibrium

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