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What is the functional group present in acyl chlorides?

-COOH

-OH

-COCl

-Cl

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How are acyl chlorides named?

replace "-ic acid" with "-oyl chloride"

replace "-ic acid" with "-yl chloride"

add "-chloride" as a suffix

add "chloro-" as a prefix

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Which of the following statements about the reaction of acyl chlorides with water is correct?

it is a slow reaction

it reforms the carboxylic acid

it requires high temperatures

it produces an ester

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What type of reaction mechanism do acyl chlorides undergo?

electrophilic addition

electrophilic substitution

nucleophilic addition-elimination

nucleophilic substitution

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Which of the following is NOT a reaction that acyl chlorides can undergo?

reaction with alkenes

reaction with alcohols

reaction with ammonia

reaction with water

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What is the product of the reaction between an acyl chloride and an alcohol?

phenolic ester

amide

carboxylic acid

ester

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In the reaction mechanism of acyl chlorides, what happens in the addition step?

the chloride ion is added

HCl is released

the carbonyl group is reformed

a nucleophile attacks the carbonyl carbon

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What is the product of the reaction between an acyl chloride and ammonia?

tertiary amide

secondary amide

primary amide

ester

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Acyl chlorides are derivatives of acids, where the hydroxyl (-OH) group is replaced by a atom (-Cl).

carboxylic
chlorine

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