Production of Acyl Chlorides Due to the increased reactivity of acyl chlorides compared to carboxylic acids, they are often used as starting compounds in organic reactions Acyl chlorides are compou...
Production of Esters by Reacting Alcohols With Acyl Chlorides Esters are organic compounds with an -COR functional group They have characteristic smells and are used in perfumes, cosmetics and as s...
Relative Acidities of Chlorine-Substituted Carboxylic Acids Electron-withdrawing groups bonded to the carbon attached to the -COOH group make the carboxylic acids stronger acids This is because the...
Relative Acidities of Carboxylic Acids, Phenols & Alcohols Carboxylic acids are compounds with a -COOH functional group They can act as acids and lose a proton (H+ ion) in an aqueous solution t...
Reactions of Carboxylic Acids to Produce Acyl Chlorides Acyl chlorides are compounds with the functional group -COCl They look similar in structure to carboxylic acids but have a Cl atom instead of...
Production of Benzoic Acid Benzoic acids are the simplest aromatic carboxylic acids with the molecular formula of C6H5COOH Benzoic acids and their derivatives are often used as reagents in the synt...
Reactions of Other Phenolic Compounds Phenolic compounds are those that contain a phenol functional group An example of a phenolic compound is 1-naphthol 1-Naphthol is a phenolic compound 1-Naphtho...
Nitration & Bromination of Phenol Compared to benzene, phenol reacts more readily with electrophiles This is because one of the lone pairs of electrons on the oxygen atom in phenol overlaps wit...
Acidity of Phenols Although phenol compounds contain an alcohol (-OH) group, they are weakly acidic This is due to the delocalisation of one of the lone pairs from the oxygen atom into the aromatic...
