Solubility of acyl chloride in water
Acetyl chloride has low solubility in water and reacts violently with it. Acetyl chloride rapidly hydrolyzes upon contact with water, producing acetic acid and hydrogen chloride. The reaction equation is: CH₃COCl + H₂O → CH₃COOH + HCl. In a sense, due to this hydrolysis reaction, acyl chloride cannot dissolve in water in large quantities as…
