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Write a balanced equation for the reaction to prepare butanoyl chloride from butanoic acid.
Important Questions on Carboxylic Acids and their Derivatives
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Butanoic acid is a weaker acid than -chlorobutanoic acid. Explain why.
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Draw the skeletal formula of -chlorobutanoic acid.
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Name a chloro-substituted butanoic acid that is a stronger acid than chlorobutanoic acid.
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Explain the relative ease of hydrolysis for the compounds chlorobenzene, butanoyl chloride, and -chlorobutane.
