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Fischer Esterification
22. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: NAS / Fischer Esterification / Problem 1
Problem 1

Show how to synthesize each of the compounds shown below using alanine as your starting material. Give the structure of each product in your answer.
(i) alanine ethyl ester
(ii) (cyclohexanecarbonyl) alanine