Chemistry A-Level
Acyl chlorides as reactive acid derivatives
What Acyl chlorides as reactive acid derivatives means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Compounds RCOCl whose carbonyl carbon carries a partial positive charge and whose chloride is a good leaving group, so nucleophiles attack readily.
Topics that use Acyl chlorides as reactive acid derivatives
- Carboxylic acids and esters (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Acid-catalysed hydrolysis
- Acid–base behaviour of products
- By-products sulfur dioxide and hydrogen chloride
- Carboxylate salt formation
- Catalysis by concentrated sulfuric acid
- condensation
- Equilibrium position and yield versus rate
- Ester and amide formation
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