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Acid chlorides react with alcohols to form esters

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    Acid chlorides react with alcohols to form esters

    General Reaction

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    Example 1:

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    Mechanism

    1) Nucleophilic attack by the alcohol

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    2) Leaving group is removed

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    3) Deprotonation

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    Contributors

    Prof. Steven Farmer (Sonoma State University)

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