Question

Convert acetyl chloride to acetic anhydride.

Answer 1

When sodium acetate is heated with acetyl chloride, acetic anhydride is obtained.

\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{........}\ce{O}\phantom{..................}\ce{O}\phantom{........}\ce{O}\\
\phantom{........}||\phantom{...................}||\phantom{........}||\\
\ce{\underset{(Acetyl chloride)}{CH3 - COCl} + \underset{(Sodium acetate)}{CH3 - C - ONa} ->[\Delta] \underset{(Acetic anhydride)}{CH3 - C - O - C - CH3} + NaCl}\\
\end{array}\]