TOPIC:
19. Carboxylic Acids
SUBTOPIC:
190. Acyl Chlorides
5144
A
drug whose physiological effects are similar to those of aspirin may be
prepared by heating p-methoxybenzoyl chloride
with an equimolar quantity of phenol in the presence
of an excess of suitable organic base to act as a proton acceptor and
solvent. Identify an appropriate organic
base, and write the structure of the product in this reaction.
