JEE Main · 2011 · 10 Apr 2011 · Offline · Aldehydes Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

Sodium ethoxide has reacted with ethanoyl chloride. The compound that is produced in the above reaction is :

(A)2-Butanone
(B)Ethyl chloride
(C)Ethyl ethanoate✓ Correct
(D)Diethyl ether

Answer: (C)

Solution

Sodium ethoxide,

C_{2} H_{5} ONa

, provides the ethoxide ion, a nucleophile that attacks the carbonyl carbon of ethanoyl chloride,

C H_{3} COCl

, and displaces chloride. This nucleophilic acyl substitution,

C H_{3} COCl + C_{2} H_{5} ONa \to C H_{3} COO C_{2} H_{5} + NaCl

, yields the ester ethyl ethanoate (ethyl acetate).

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