Multiple Choice
Predict the major, organic product for the following reaction.
When a student treated butanedioic acid with thionyl chloride, she was surprised to find that the product she obtained was an anhydride rather than an acyl chloride. Propose a mechanism to explain why she obtained an anhydride.
Phosgene (COCl2) was used as a poison gas in World War I. What product would be formed from the reaction of phosgene with each of the following reagents?
c. excess propylamine
d. excess water