Like acid chlorides, acid anhydrides react with alcohols in the presence of pyridine to form esters. For the following reaction

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Like acid chlorides, acid anhydrides react with alcohols in the presence of pyridine to form esters. For the following reaction : (a) Draw a circle around the nucleophile ; (b) Draw a square around the electrophile; (c) Put a star next to the base; (d) Draw the structure of the tetrahedral intermediate in the box below. Then draw a reasonable 3-step arrow pushing mechanism for the reaction.

bo
pyridine
HO
Structure of tetrahedral intermediate
Transcribed Image Text:bo pyridine HO Structure of tetrahedral intermediate
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