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Acid chlorides react with water (including moisture) to yield carboxylic acids and HCl.

Under alkali conditions carboxylate ions and chloride salts are formed.

Generic Organic reaction
RCOCl
  +  
H2O
         
RCOOH
  +  
HCl
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Acid chloride (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carboxylic acid (generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrogen chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

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

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