caged+fluorescein

This looks good. Just write a brief paragraph describing the reactions that are going on here, and you will be done. Bruce Bondurant  === Friedel-Crafts acylation is the a cylation of aromatic rings with an acyle chloride using a strong Lewis acid catalyst. This occurs in the first step of the synthesis with ZNCl2. === The carboxyl group is weakly acidic and all carboxylic acids neutralize OH-. code RCOOH + NaOH ==> RCOONa + H2O code