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Acid chlorides are hydrolysed to water and the corresponding carboxylic acid and hydrogen chloride.

This acylation reaction involves nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl function followed by elimination. The overall effect is nucleophilic substitution.
  +  
H2O
         
  +  
HCl
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Acid chloride (AS/A2 generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
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Carboxylic acid (AS/A2 generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrogen chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
Hydrolysis
Substitution: Addition-followed-by Elimination
Substitution: Nucleophilic @ Acyl-Nfg

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