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chlorophenol + acetic anhydride in KOH medium
« on: November 17, 2016, 02:39:04 PM »
Help me , this reaction mechanism and reaction possibilities

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Re: chlorophenol + acetic anhydride in KOH medium
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2016, 02:46:56 PM »
Could you write down reaction of simple phenol with acetic anhydride?
What happens after addition of strong base to phenol?
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Re: chlorophenol + acetic anhydride in KOH medium
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2016, 02:57:04 PM »
Chlorophenyl acetate

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Re: chlorophenol + acetic anhydride in KOH medium
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2016, 09:07:15 PM »
So you need mechanism of esterification with phenolate and acetic anhydride.
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