Acetyl chloride reaction with water

Acid derivatives differ greatly in their reactivity toward nucleophilic acyl substitution. For example, acetyl chloride reacts with water in a violently exothermic reaction, while acetamide is stable in boiling water. Acetamide is hydrolyzed only by boiling it in strong acid or base for several hours. 

Acyl halides such as acetyl chloride react with water to regenerate the starting acid and they react with alcohols to yield esters. The reaction is often facilitated by the presence of a tertiary amine catalyst. Although this may function purely as a base to neutralize the hydrochloric acid which is formed in the reaction, bases such as dimethylaminopyridine can also activate the carboxyl group via the formation of the intermediate shown in Scheme 3.66. 

CH3 —C —Cl. Acetyl chloride reacts with water and forms acetic acid and hydrochloric acid, and with methyl alcohol to form methyl acetate and hydrochloric acid. The equations for the reactions are as follows —... 

The important chemical properties of acetyl chloride, CH COCl, were described ia the 1850s (10). Acetyl chloride was prepared by distilling a mixture of anhydrous sodium acetate [127-09-3J, C2H202Na, and phosphorous oxychloride [10025-87-3] POCl, and used it to interact with acetic acid yielding acetic anhydride. Acetyl chloride s violent reaction with water has been used to model Hquid-phase reactions. 

Organic Chlorides/Halides — Several organic compounds also are hydrolyzed (or react with water) to produce corrosive materials. Notable inclusions among these compounds are acetic anhydride ([CH3COJ2O), and acetyl chloride (CH3COCI), both of which produce acetic acid upon reaction with water. Both acetic anhydride and acetyl chloride are corrosive in addition, mixtures of the vapors of acetic anhydride and acetic acid are flammable in air, and acetyl chloride itself is flammable. 

The conclusive proof that in acetone there are two methyl groups present is in the synthesis of acetone from acetic acid and acetyl chloride, reactions which we shall soon study. With this conclusive proof our formula, as we have written it, must be correct and our ideas in regard to the oxidation of compounds containing hydrogen linked to carbon are probably correct also. The steps in the oxidation are probably as we have indicated, viz., that hydrogen is first converted into hydroxyl and when as a result of such oxidation, two hydroxyls are linked to one carbon the compound loses water, leaving one oxygen doubly linked to the carbon. This enables us to understand the facts that only primary alcohols on oxidation yield aldehydes, secondary alcohols yield ketones, while tertiary alcohols yield neither aldehydes nor ketones. 

Experiment To 5 c.c. of water in a test-tube is gradually added c.c. of acetyl chloride. If the water is very cold, the oily drops, sinking to the bottom, do not mix with it, and may be. observed for a short time. On shaking the tube, an energetic reaction sets in with evolution of heat, and the chloride passes into solution, which happens immediately if the water is not cold. 

Little attention has been paid over the last decadeto the synthesis of fused phosphinines. However, in 2008, the preparation of a dithienophosphinine was reported. Compound 71 was obtained in three steps from dithienophosphole 70 by reaction successively with acetyl chloride, triethylamine and water [43], This transformation involves the transient formation of the oxide 69 (Scheme 17). DFT calculations reveal that the fused derivative is less aromatic than the parent compound C5H5P and suggest that a substantial electronic delocalization takes place within the three rings. Both the HOMO and the LUMO are localized on the P = C-Ph double bond and thus resemble those of a phosphaalkene derivative. 

Reaction of 2-aminobenzenethiol 22 with acetyl chloride 23 in water or without any solvent provides an environment-friendly route to benzo[[Pg.282]

Now let s draw the forward scheme. Hydrolysis of the nitrile to the carboxylic acid, followed by reaction with thionyl chloride, produces the acid chloride. Reaction with excess methyl magnesium bromide, followed by water work-up, results in the formation of a tertiary alcohol, with the incorporation of two new methyl groups. The tertiary alcohol can then serve as a nucleophile in an acetylation reaction (upon treatment with acetyl chloride) to give the desired ester. 

A) Benzoyl Derivative. Since acetylation and benzoylation do not always proceed smoothly with nitrophenols, it is best to reduce them to the aminophenol as in (3) above. Add an excess of 20% aqueous sodium hydroxide to the reaction mixture after reduction, cool and then add a small excess of benzoyl chloride, and shake in the usual way. The dibenzoyl derivative wiU separate. Filter, wash with water and recrystalUse. (M.ps., p. 551.)... 

Reflux 1 g. of the sulphonamide with 2-5 ml. of acetyl chloride for 30 minutes if solution is not complete within 5 minutes, add up to 2-5 ml. of glacial acetic acid. Remove the excess of acetyl chloride by distillation on a water bath, and pour the cold reaction mixture into water. Collect the product, wash with water and dissolve it in warm sodium bicarbonate solution. Acidify the Altered solution with glacial acetic acid Alter oflF the precipitated sulphonacetamide and recrystaUise it from aqueous alcohol. 

Acetyl chloride test. In a small, dry test-tube treat 0 -5 ml. of the compound with 0-3-0-4 ml. of redistUled acetyl chloride and note whether reaction occurs. Add 3 ml. of water and neutralise the aqueous layer with solid sodium bicarbonate. Look for a product different from the original alcohol. 

Reduction of a nitro compound to a primary amine. In a 50 ml. round-bottomed or conical flask fitted with a reflux condenser, place 1 g. of the nitro compound and 2 g. of granulated tin. Measure out 10 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid and add it in three equal portions to the mixtiue shake thoroughly after each addition. When the vigorous reaction subsides, heat under reflux on a water bath until the nitro compound has completely reacted (20-30 minutes). Shake the reaction mixture from time to time if the nitro compound appears to be very insoluble, add 5 ml. of alcohol. Cool the reaction mixture, and add 20-40 per cent, sodium hydroxide solution imtil the precipitate of tin hydroxide dissolves. Extract the resulting amine from the cooled solution with ether, and remove the ether by distillation. Examine the residue with regard to its solubility in 5 per cent, hydrochloric acid and its reaction with acetyl chloride or benzene-sulphonyl chloride. 

A mixture of 0.30 mol of the tertiairy acetylenic alcohol, 0.35 mol of acetyl chloride (freshly distilled) and 0.35 mol of /V/V-diethylaniline was gradually heated with manual swirling. At 40-50°C an exothermic reaction started and the temperature rose in a few minutes to 120°C. It was kept at that level by occasional cooling. After the exothermic reaction had subsided, the mixture was heated for an additional 10 min at 125-130°C, during which the mixture was swirled by hand so that the salt that had been deposited on the glass wall was redissolved. After cooling to below 50°C a mixture of 5 ml of 36% HCl and 200 ml of ice-water was added and the obtained solution was extracted with small portions of diethyl ether. The ethereal solutions were washed with water and subsequently dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed by evaporation in a water-pump vacuum... 

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