Solution: When methyl phosphate is heated in acid solution,

Chapter 13, Problem 13.75

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When methyl phosphate is heated in acid solution, it reacts with water: CH3OPO3H2 1 H2O CH3OH 1 H3PO4 If the reaction is carried out in water enriched with 18O, the oxygen-18 isotope is found in the phosphoric acid product but not in the methanol. What does this tell us about the mechanism of the reaction?

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