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The hydrolysis rate of prodrugs can be slowed down with the usage of sterically hindered esters and the use of long-chain fatty acid esters.
Soap is formed by the hydrolysis of fats by lye, not the hydrolysis of esters. The lye strips the 3 fatty acids from the glycerine in the fats and reacts with the free fatty acids producing soap, this process is called saponification.
Malcolm Frank Goldman has written: 'Acid-catalysed hydrolysis of substituted sterically-hindered benzoate esters' -- subject(s): Hydrolysis, Benzoic acid, Esters
1- oxidation of alcohols or aldehydes, 2- hydrolysis of nitriles, 3- hydrolysis of esters, 4- reactions of Grignard's reagents with dry ice.
Cecil Victor King has written: 'The mechanism of acid catalysis of ester hydrolysis ..' -- subject(s): Catalysis, Esters, Hydrolysis
Jameel Ahmad Farooqi has written: 'Kinetics of alkaline hydrolysis of some esters'
B. K. Abdalla has written: 'The hydrolysis of formate esters in single organic drops'
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salts of strong acid and strong base do not undergo hydrolysis
yes, in presence of base, esters can be hydrolysed to alcohol and acid.
If the base hydrolysis mechanism is important, an electron withdrawing group can be attached to the prodrug. If the acid hydrolysis mechanism is important, an electron donating group can be attacked to the prodrug.
Galactose is obtained from lactose (the milk sugar) after its hydrolysis carried out by the enzyme beta-galactosidase (or lactase) yielding beta-D-glucose and alpha-D-galactose.