2 CH OH HCl catalyst Hica OCH H₂C сн. сну Aldehydes and ketones react reversibly with two equivalents of alcohol in the

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2 CH OH HCl catalyst Hica OCH H₂C сн. сну Aldehydes and ketones react reversibly with two equivalents of alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst to give acetals. Alcohols are poor nucleophiles, and so protonation of the carbonyl oxygen is used to make the carbonyl carbon a stronger electrophile. Addition of the first equivalent of alcohol gives a hemlacetal, a hydroxyether. Addition of the second equivalent of alcohol is accompanied by loss of water to yield the product acetal Draw curved arrows to show the movement of electrons in this step of the mechanism Arrow-pushing Instructions :OCH CH3 CH OH H₃C. HC OCH CH OCH H Submit Answer Ratry Enti Group 8 more group attempts remaining