Organic Chemistry (6th Edition)
Organic Chemistry (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781260119107
Author: Janice Gorzynski Smith
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Chapter 20.7, Problem 12P
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: A stepwise mechanism for the formation of A from an alcohol and acid chloride is to be drawn.

Concept introduction: Acid chlorides are reactive compounds due to the presence of good leaving group (Cl). They readily undergo nucleophilic acyl substitution with OR nucleophiles to yield esters.

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