Acid Anhydrides and Their Reactions (AQA)

A complete lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work tasks (all with answers included) on acid anhydrides and their reactions. Suitable for AQA A level Chemistry

By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:

To know how to draw and name acid anhydrides
To identify the products of and write equations for acylation reactions of water, alcohols, ammonia and amines with acid anhydrides
To outline the mechanism of nucleophilic addition-elimination reactions of acid anhydrides with water, alcohols, ammonia and primary amines
To state the advantages of using ethanoic anhydride rather than ethanoyl chloride in the production of aspirin

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