2 Answered Questions for the topic esters

During the development of aspartame, why was the methyl ester chosen?

One frequent argument against the safety of the synthetic sweetener aspartame is that it can be hydrolyzed, with one of the hydrolysis products being methanol, which is known to be toxic. Of... more

03/28/19

Why don't free radicals undergo rearrangement like carbocation/carbonium ions do?

Why don't free radicals and carbanions undergo rearrangement like carbocation/carbonium ions undergo in a reaction?

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