Acid chlorides react with water to form carboxylic acids.

1. Introduction
2. General reaction
3. Mechanism
4. Contributors

Introduction

Acid chlorides react with water to form carboxylic acids.

General reaction

Example 1:

Mechanism

1) Nucleophilic attack by water

2) Leaving group is removed

3) Deprotonation

Contributors

Prof. Steven Farmer (Sonoma State University)