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Acid anhydrides

do we need to know any mechanisms for these? ie reaction with ethanol/water. none of the textbooks show it, or any revision guide (chemrevise/chemguide)
thanks

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Original post by alaziziomar_
do we need to know any mechanisms for these? ie reaction with ethanol/water. none of the textbooks show it, or any revision guide (chemrevise/chemguide)
thanks

ok

Reply 2

Original post by monkeygamer2004
ok

fym ok answer my question bruh

Reply 3

Original post by alaziziomar_
do we need to know any mechanisms for these? ie reaction with ethanol/water. none of the textbooks show it, or any revision guide (chemrevise/chemguide)
thanks

if you're AQA you need to know acid anhydride/acyl chloride + ethanol/water/ammonia/primary amine

Reply 4

Original post by alaziziomar_
do we need to know any mechanisms for these? ie reaction with ethanol/water. none of the textbooks show it, or any revision guide (chemrevise/chemguide)
thanks

Which spec are you studying?

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