MCAT Question A Day - 4/18/13
Which of the following statements is false?
A. Basic hydrolysis of fats produces glycerol and salts of fatty acids.
B. LiAlH4 can reduce carboxylic acids to alcohols.
C. b diacids and b ketoacids in the presence of base and heat undergo decarboxylation.
D. Water is the nucleophilic agent in the basic hydrolysis of esters.
