Organic Chemistry
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Author: William H. Brown, Brent L. Iverson, Eric Anslyn, Christopher S. Foote
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.23P
Account for the fact that treating propenoic acid (acrylic acid) with HCl gives only 3-chloropropanoic acid.
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