Interaction | Reaction | Process     Data Page

Acid chlorides react with carboxylate anions to give anhydrides.

Generic Organic reaction

RCOCl
  +  
RCOO
         
(RCOO)2O
  +  
Cl
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Acid chloride (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carboxylate ion (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Anhydride (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Chloride ion     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Functional Group Interconvertion
Substitution: Addition-followed-by Elimination
Substitution: Nucleophilic @ Acyl-Nfg

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