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ALTHOUGH, as pointed out in a recent review1, acid or alkali catalysed hydrolysis or esterification and, it may be added, alkoxy interchange, usually take place by mechanisms in which the bonds of the alkoxyl carbon atom are not disturbed (mechanism I), the alternative mechanism (II) does, however, occur, and probably to a greater extent than has previously been recognized, when the alkoxyl group R" has electron–releasing properties.
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BALFE, M., KENYON, J. Reactions of Carboxylic Esters. Nature 148, 196 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148196a0
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