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Write a balanced equation, using structural formulae for the organic compounds, and state any conditions necessary, to show the formation of propanoyl chloride from a suitable carboxylic acid and SOCl2.

Important Questions on Carboxylic Acids and their Derivatives

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Write a balanced equation, using structural formulae for the organic compounds, and state any conditions necessary, to show the formation of methanoyl chloride from a suitable carboxylic acid and PCl3.
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Write a balanced equation, using structural formulae for the organic compounds, and state any conditions necessary, to show the formation of butanoyl chloride from a suitable carboxylic acid and PCl5.
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In its reaction with a nucleophile, explain why an acyl chloride reacts faster than an alcohol.
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Place the following compounds in order of ease of hydrolysis, starting with the most reactive.

C6H5Cl    CH3CH2COCl    CH3CH2CH2Cl.

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Explain your answer to following compounds in order of ease of hydrolysis, starting with the most reactive.

C6H5Cl    CH3CH2COCl    CH3CH2CH2Cl.

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If a reaction occurs with water, what will you see in the hydrolysis of the following compounds.

C6H5Cl    CH3CH2COCl    CH3CH2CH2Cl.

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Using an acyl chloride as a starting compound, name the reactants you would use to make ethyl ethanoate.