From what alcohol and acyl chloride can the following esters be synthesized? From what alc...

From what alcohol and acyl chloride can the following esters be synthesized? From what alcohol and acid anhydride?

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(c)

Sample Solution (a) The oxygen that has a single bond to the carbonyl carbon is the alcohol oxygen, and the carbonyl carbon is part of the acyl chloride or anhydride. The compound in part (a) is phenyl acetate, and it can be prepared from phenol and acetyl chloride, or acetic anhydride.