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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

a. Which compound has the stretching vibration for its carbonyl group at the highest frequency: acetyl chloride, methyl acetate, or acetamide?

b. Which one has the stretching vibration for its carbonyl group at the lowest frequency?

Propose a mechanism that accounts for the formation of the product.

What is the product of an acyl substitution reaction鈥攁 new carboxylic acid derivative, a mixture of two carboxylic acid derivatives, or no reaction鈥攊f the new group in the tetrahedral intermediate is the following?

a. a stronger base than the substituent that is attached to the acyl group

b. a weaker base than the substituent that is attached to the acyl group

c. similar in basicity to the substituent that is attached to the acyl group

Identify the major and minor products of the following reaction:

Rank the following amides from greatest reactivity to least reactivity toward acid-catalyzed hydrolysis:
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