Chemistry A-Level
Nucleophilic addition–elimination at the carbonyl carbon
What Nucleophilic addition–elimination at the carbonyl carbon means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The reaction in which a nucleophile attacks the carbonyl carbon and the chloride leaves, fast at room temperature and often needing no catalyst.
Topics that use Nucleophilic addition–elimination at the carbonyl carbon
- Carboxylic acids and esters (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Acid-catalysed hydrolysis
- Acid–base behaviour of products
- Acyl chlorides as reactive acid derivatives
- By-products sulfur dioxide and hydrogen chloride
- Carboxylate salt formation
- Catalysis by concentrated sulfuric acid
- condensation
- Equilibrium position and yield versus rate
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