Which of the following will not give butyl acetate when treated with 1 - butanol?
Solution
$\mathrm{ROH}+\mathrm{R}^{\prime} \mathrm{COCl} \longrightarrow \mathrm{ROCOR}^{\prime}+\mathrm{HCl}$
$\mathrm{ROH}+\left(\mathrm{R}^{\prime} \mathrm{CO}ight)_{2} \mathrm{O} \longrightarrow$ $\mathrm{ROCOR}^{\prime}+\mathrm{RCOOH}$
$\mathrm{ROH}+\mathrm{R}^{\prime} \mathrm{COOH} \longrightarrow \mathrm{ROCOR}^{\prime}+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}$ .
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