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We have seen that an acid chloride reacts with an alcohol to form an ester.An acid chlorid...

We have seen that an acid chloride reacts with an alcohol to form an ester.

An acid chloride also reacts with another carboxylic acid molecule. The product is an acid anhydride.

Propose a mechanism for the reaction of benzoyl chloride (PhCOCl) with acetic acid, and show the structure of the resulting anhydride.

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