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Hydrolysis of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

Acid derivatives are obtained from carboxylic acids. Conversely, their hydrolysis leads back to carboxylic acids.

Hydrolysis of acid derivatives: acid chlorides and anhydrides with water, esters in basic or acidic medium and amides with HO⁻ and then H₃O⁺, all giving the carboxylic acid