Acylation | Nucleophilic Addition-Elimination | Carboxylic Acids | A level Chemistry

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Can these reactions be reversible? Like can we react esters with carboxylic acids/acyl chloride to form acid anhydride?

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Great question, theoretically a large number of organic reactions are reversible, however these typically aren't due to the formation of a stable product that we eliminate from the reactant. Particularly with acyl chlorides, where we make HCl gas, the gas will most likely leave the system and no longer be present. Therefore, a hypothetical equilibrium would be driven to completion by the 'removal' of the HCl