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Acylation And Reactions Of Acyl Chlorides

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Total cards: 10•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

What do acylating agents do

Back (Answer)

Introduce R-C=O group onto molecule

#2
Front (Question)

What is most reactive acylating agent

Back (Answer)

Ethanoyl chloride CH3COCl

#3
Front (Question)

Why are acyl chlorides reactive

Back (Answer)

As COCl group polar and C has delta positive charge so open to attack by nucleophiles

#4
Front (Question)

What is made when water added as nucleophile to acyl chloride

Back (Answer)

Carboxylic acid

#5
Front (Question)

What is made when acyl chloride reacts with alcohol and what type of reaction

Back (Answer)

Ester and HCl (misty fumes), irreversible and very fast so doesn’t need catalyst

#6
Front (Question)

What is made when acyl chlorides react with ammonia and how to name

Back (Answer)

Amide and white smoke of NH4Cl, eg ethanamide with priority given to C of CO

#7
Front (Question)

What is made when acyl chlorides react with amines and how to name

Back (Answer)

N-substituted amides eg N-methylethanamide with the N group the one attached to nitrogen of NH without the C=O

#8
Front (Question)

How do acyl chlorides react, what is involved and conditions

Back (Answer)

Vía nucleophilic addition-elimination reactions, nucleophile always loses proton so HCl always produced

#9
Front (Question)

Differences between esterification with acyl chloride and carboxylic acid

Back (Answer)

-with carboxylic acid requires catalyst while acyl chloride fast enough that it doesn’t -HCl formed with acyl chloride while water formed with carboxylic acid -reaction not reversible with acyl chlorides while it is for carboxylic acids

#10
Front (Question)

What are acid anhydrides and what can they be used for and how to name

Back (Answer)

Made of two acyl groups joined by oxygen to both the carbon atoms of their CO groups so two C=O (acyl) groups, can act as acylating agents, name eg ethanoic anhydride/ ethanoic propanoic anhydride so alphabetically names of carboxylic acids it’s made of