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Reduction, Oxidation and Hydrolysis in Organic Chemistry
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Hydrolysis of esters, amides, nitriles and halides
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Difficulty 1 of 3
ro150
Ethanoyl chloride reacts with water vigorously to give
A
ethanol and
HOCl
B
ethanoic anhydride only
C
ethanoic acid and
HCl
D
ethanal and
HCl
Answer: C
Water attacks the very electrophilic acyl chloride carbon, and chloride is expelled. The result is
CH
X
3
COCl
+
H
X
2
O
CH
X
3
COOH
+
HCl
.
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