Depto. Química Orgánica

PREPARATION OF ANHYDRIDES

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15/07/2017
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The condensation of two carboxylic acid functions yields anhydrides.
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The reaction is specially useful when it is intramolecularly carried out. Click here to review the general addition-elimination mechanism of this reaction.
The preparation of mixed anhydrides, i.e. those produced from two different csrboxylic acids, needs the previous activation of one of them. Otherwise, a mixture of three anhydrides would obviously be obtained.
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