Interaction | Reaction | Process     Data Page

Ethanoyl chloride reacts with ammonia, which acts as a nucleophile, to give ethanamide and hydrogen choride.

(Actually, two moles of ammonia are required, the second "mops up" the HCl generated as ammonium chloride.)

CH3COCl
  +  
NH3
         
CH3CONH2
  +  
HCl
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Acetyl chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ammonia     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Acetamide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrogen chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
Substitution: Addition-followed-by Elimination
Substitution: Nucleophilic @ Acyl-Nfg

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