A blight has wiped out the pineapple crop. You are asked to synthesize the ester that is responsible for the scent of pineapple, butyl butanoate. Draw the skeletal structure of the reagents needed to make this scent.
(a) the symmetric acid anhydride
(b) the alcohol
An insect infestation has just decimated your supplier's ylang-ylang crop and you are now also required to synthesize the ester responsible for the scent of the ylang-ylang, methyl benzoate. Draw the skeletal structure of the reagents needed to make this scent.
(c) the acyl chloride
(d) the alcohol
(e) Draw the skeletal structure of the neutral tetrahedral intermediate in this reaction.