CAIE A-Level Chemistry 32.1.1 Alcohol Reactions with Acyl Chlorides
Practise constructing ester products from alcohols and acyl chlorides, including the ethyl ethanoate example.
- Syllabus
- 2028–2030
- Course
- Chemistry 9701
- Level
- A2
Exam points
- combine ethanol and ethanoyl chloride to form ethyl ethanoate and hydrogen chloride
- construct the ester linkage as R–C(=O)–O–R′, retaining the acyl and alcohol carbon skeletons
- when the alcohol is multifunctional, acylate its OH group without altering unrelated groups
