Do Anhydrides Hydrogen Bond?

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Boiling Point. Ethanoic Anhydride Ethanoic Anhydride Acetic Anhydride, or Ethanoic Anhydride, Is the Chemical Compound with the Formula (Ch3Co)2O. Commonly...

Do Anhydrides Hydrogen Bond?

Boiling point. Ethanoic anhydride

Ethanoic anhydride
Acetic anhydride, or ethanoic anhydride, is the chemical compound with the formula (CH3CO)2O. Commonly abbreviated ac2O, it is the simplest isolable anhydride of a carboxylic acid and is widely used as a reagent in organic synthesis.
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boils at 140°C. This is because it is a fairly big polar molecule and so has both van der Waals dispersion forces and dipole-dipole attractions. It does not, however, form hydrogen bonds.

Are anhydrides soluble in water?

Acetic anhydride dissolves in water to approximately 2.6% by weight. Aqueous solutions have limited stability because, like most acid anhydrides, acetic anhydride hydrolyses to give carboxylic acids. In this case, acetic acid is formed, this reaction product being fully water miscible: (CH3CO)2O + H2O → 2 CH3CO2H.

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