JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryAldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic AcidsJEE Main

Sodium ethoxide has reacted with ethanoyl chloride. The compound produced in the above reaction is

Answer: (D)

Solution

Sodium ethoxide is a good nucleophile that attacks the electrophilic carbonyl carbon of an acid chloride, displacing chloride in a nucleophilic acyl

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