Draw the resonance structures of acetic acid, ethy acetate and acetyl chloride and then arrange these compounds according to increasing reactivity towards nucleophilic substitution. Explain the observed trend in detail.

Draw the resonance structures of acetic acid, ethy acetate and acetyl chloride and then arrange these compounds according to increasing reactivity towards nucleophilic substitution. Explain the observed trend in detail.

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Chapter23: Amines

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