Carboxylic Acids and their Derivatives - Result Question 69

####55. Arrange the following in order of their increasing ease of hydrolysis :

$(1986,1 M)$

$$ CH _3 COOC _2 H _5, CH _3 COCl,\left(CH _3 CO\right) _2 O, CH _3 CONH _2 $$

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Solution:

  1. Among acid derivatives, the reactivity towards nucleophilic acyl substitution is in the order of :

Amide $<$ Ester $<$ Anhydride $<$ Acid chloride Hydrolysis is an example of nucleophilic acyl substitution, hence the reactivity towards hydrolysis is :

$CH _3 CONH _2<CH _3 COOC _2 H _5<\left(CH _3 CO\right) _2 O<CH _3 COCl$



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