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Chapter 15: Q86P (page 737)

Question: Is the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of acetamide a reversible or an irreversible reaction? Explain.

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Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of acetamide is an irreversible reaction.

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01

Product formed by acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of acetamide

When acetamide undergoes hydrolysis in the presence of acid, it forms acetic acid and

ammonium ion. The reaction is given below.

02

Identifying reversible or irreversible

The reaction is an irreversible reaction because acetic acid cannot react with ammonium ion since it is not a nucleophile. Moreover, of ammonium ion is greater than that of acetic acid. Thus, they are not in their reactive acidic or basic form.

If the solution obtained is acidic, then both acetic acid and ammonium ion will be in its acidic form, and ammonium ion cannot act as nucleophile.

Acidic constituents

Similarly, if the solution obtained is basic, then both will be in their basic form, and the nucleophile cannot attack the carboxylate ion.

Basic constituents

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Most popular questions from this chapter

Question: What product do you expect to obtain from each of the following reactions?

a.

b.

There are three carbon–oxygen bonds in methyl acetate.

a.What are their relative bond lengths?

b.What are the relative infrared (IR) stretching frequencies of these bonds?

The intermediate shown here is formed during the hydroxide-ion-promoted hydrolysis of ester group. Propose a mechanism for the reaction.

a. Propose a mechanism for the formation of succinic anhydride in the presence of acetic anhydride.

b. How does acetic anhydride make it easier to form the anhydride?

Rank the following compounds in order of decreasing frequency of the carbon-oxygen double bond stretch
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