Functional group interconversion
What Functional group interconversion means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Reference: OCR
An ester is converted into a carboxylic acid and an alcohol, the two products identified by functional group.
Each stage of a two-stage route changes the functional group, and stage 2 changes it again.
Topics that use Functional group interconversion
- Alcohols, haloalkanes and analysis - 4.2.3 Organic synthesis (OCR A-Level)
- Carboxylic acids and esters (OCR A-Level)
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- By-products sulfur dioxide and hydrogen chloride
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