Packet 8: Tossup 3

One of these reactions produces FAME molecules used as quality indicators for diesel and to create profiles in microbial source tracking. Consuming alcohol and cocaine together produces coca·ethylene in the liver via one of these reactions, which slows down the usual metabolism of cocaine via hydrolysis. Four tin atoms each bind to four iso·thio·cyanate ligands and two butyl groups in Otera’s catalyst for these (10[1])reactions. (10[1])Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases link amino acids to their corresponding tRNAs via one of these (-5[1])reactions, and a lariat intermediate forms (10[1])between (10[1])two of these reactions during (10[1])RNA splicing. (10[1])Sodium hydroxide (10[1])catalyzes (10[1])one of (-5[1])these reactions between triglycerides (-5[1])and methanol (-5[2])to produce biodiesel. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this type of reaction in which an alcohol and an ester (-5[1])switch their R-groups. ■END■ (10[5]0[14])

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