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 Chapter 20: Carboxylic Acid Derivatives. Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution 
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Carboxylic Acid Derivative Questions
 
Qu1: Arrange the following in order of decreasing reactivity towards hydrolysis using aqueous NaOH.
 
(a) CH3CO2CH3 (b)  CH3COCl
(c) CH3CON(CH3)2 (d)  CH3CO2COCH3
Qu 2: What are the products of the hydrolysis reactions considered in Qu 1 after a dilute acid work-up ?
   
Qu 3: (a) Arrange the following in order of decreasing reactivity towards LiAlH4 / THF followed by dilute acid work-up.
 
  (b) What are the products of each of the reactions in part (a) ?
   
Qu 4: What is the product of each of the following reactions ?
 

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