The Chinese recognized that the two sites highlighted clearly are the two eyes of the monster. They knew that by selectively chopping off one of the eyes, taking the O-CH3 and turning it into a O-H, they could defeat the beast. However, if the wrong eye was chopped off, then the monster would grow in strength. While the rest of the Chinese remained confused, MULAN had a secret dragon friend, MUSHU-KOREEDA. He told MULAN of the secret Chinese death fire, Trimethyltin hydroxide, which he knew would select for ester I because of the presence of resonance stability in ester II. The high regio-selectivity of the hydrolysis is attributed to the difference in conjugation of the two methyl ester groups.  Conjugated esters are less reactive than non-conjugated esters due to delocalized pi-systems and resonance stabilization. However, MULAN had to first prove her worthiness of such an honorable weapon by training under the shadow of the Great Wall.

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