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Organic Chemistry Ch. 8 - Carboxylic Acids
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Organic Chemistry
Undergraduate 2
05/30/2016
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Term
lactams
 Definition
amides that are cyclic; named by replacing -oic acid with latam
Term
amides
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Term
ester formation from carboxylic acid
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lactones
 Definition
cyclic esters and named by replacing -oic acid with -lactone
Term
anhydride
 Definition

formed by the condensation of two carboxylic acids

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Decarboxylation of β-keto acids
 Definition

occurs when 1,3-dicarboxylic acids and other β-keto acids are heated

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