Interaction | Reaction | Process     Data Page

This reaction is carried out in illicit laboratories to prepare the highly addictive heroin from morphine.

  +  
2
(CH3CO)2CO
         
  +  
2
CH3COOH
Reactant Page Go To Go To
Morphine     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Acetic anhydride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Heroin     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Acetic acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

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

© Mark R. Leach 1999 –


Queries, Suggestions, Bugs, Errors, Typos...

If you have any:

Queries
Comments
Suggestions
Suggestions for links
Bug, typo or grammatical error reports about this page,

please contact Mark R. Leach, the author, using mark@meta-synthesis.com