MHT CET 2024 Chemistry question
Identify the product X in the following reaction. Ethanol chloride
Answer: (B)
Solution
The printed 'ethanol chloride' is understood as ethanoyl chloride (acetyl chloride), , the acid chloride of ethanoic acid. Acid chlorides are hydrolysed rapidly by water through nucleophilic acyl substitution:
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