IN their criticism of our paper 1, Chesbro and Hedrick make some points that are indeed well taken. Their objection to the implication that bond-strength is a function of pH is undoubtedly valid ...

During our mechanistic work on hydroxyl-direct ester hydrolysis, we observed an undirected background reaction that appeared to proceed by an O-nucleophilic mechanism wherein a hemiacetal hydroxyl ...

They are salts made from the alkaline hydrolysis of fats and oils (triglycerides). Fat molecules contain three ester links. These can be hydrolysed when they are heated with sodium hydroxide or ...