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Indicate how a butanoic acid can be converted to an a) acid chloride; b) acid anhydride; c) an ethyl ester, and d) an N-methyl amide. Give the reagents that would be used. Then indicate how each of these derivatives could be converted back to butanoic acid under both acidic and basic conditions.

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This solution explains the process and reagents needed to obtain the derivatives of butanoic acid.

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Butanoic acid + Thionyl chloride = Butanoyl chloride

Butanoic acid + Butanoic acid = Acid anhydride

Butanoic acid + ethanol in the ...

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