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Sodium acetate is treated with acetyl chloride. The products are

Aacetic anhydride and NaCl
Bacetone and NaCl
Cethyl acetate and NaCl
Dacetamide and NaCl

Answer: A

The acetate ion is the nucleophile; it attacks the acyl chloride carbon and

Cl X^{-}

leaves. The acyl group joins two acetate units:

CH X_{3} COCl + CH X_{3} COONa (CH X_{3} CO) X_{2} O + NaCl

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