Acid Halide Reaction Mechanisms

Tutorials…The following tutorials are written in a question-answer format.

Ethanoyl Chloride + KSH

Ethanoyl Chloride + Ammonia

Reviews…The following images of the complete mechanisms have links (clickable hot-spots) on the various elements within the image to review the theory.

Ethanoyl Chloride + KSH

Ethanoyl Chloride + Ammonia

The following are animated gif images and avi movies.

    Nucleophilic Substitution with Negative Nucleophiles

        ethanoyl chloride reacting with sodium formate to form ethanoic methanoic anhydride

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    Nucleophilic Substitution with Neutral Nucleophiles

        ethanoyl chloride reacting with ammonia to form ethanoamide

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        ethanoyl chloride reacting with methanol to form methyl ethanoate

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