Homework Help: Chemistry

Posted by Lindz on Sunday, November 5, 2006 at 10:00pm.

Often, acetal formation is carried out directly with the help of a carbonyl and a diol under acidic conditions.
a) Show two acid-base reactions that could occur in the presence of a strong acid such as p-toluenesulfonic acid.
b)Draw the two resonance structures that are possible upon the protonation of acetone.

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