Kaplan Organic Chemistry: Chapter 9 Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

Question 1

under acidic conditions, mixture of carboxylic acids and alcohols will condense into

Answer 1

esters

Question 2

carboxylic acids undergo substitution reactions usually via the ___ pathway

Answer 2

SN1 pathway

Question 3

during an acyl substitution of an anhydride with an amide, what two products are formed?

Answer 3

forms amides and carboxylic acids

Question 4

during an acyl substitution of an anhydride with an alcohol, what two products are formed?

Answer 4

ester and carboxylic acid.

Question 5

amides can by hydrolyzed in ___ conditions to produce a ___ ___ and ____

Answer 5

amides can by hydrolyzed in ACIDIC conditions to produce a CARBOXYLIC ACID AND AMMONIA.

this is the same reaction to form an amide: CA +NH3 –> amide