Carboxylate Salt Reactions

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McMurry 21.3, Fessenden 14.4, 14.5, Schmid 15.8
To: Carboxylic acid reactions

Mechanism! Just an S_N2
McMurry 21.3, Fessenden 15.3C, 15.4B, Schmid 16.5
To: Other carboxylic acid chloride and anhydride reactions

+ NaBr
Mechanism! Just an S_N2. See halides
McMurry 21.6, Fessenden 14.5, 15.5B, Schmid 12.18

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Last update February 1999