Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781305080485
Author: John E. McMurry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 21.4, Problem 9P
How might you prepare the following esters using a nucleophilic acyl substitution reaction of an acid chloride?
(a) CH3CH2CO2CH3
(b) CH3CO2CH2CH3
(c) Ethyl benzoate
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