How to pronounce“chlorides”in English

Acid chlorides are very reactive, so will this old bottle that's been opened a lot still do the trick?

Acid chlorides, along with other carboxylic acid derivatives, are involved in many useful reactions in organic chemistry.

Anhydrides and acid chlorides are reactive enough that we only need water for hydrolysis to take place.

Our acid chlorides, anhydrides, and esters can all be transformed into this group.

In fact, acid chlorides were used in the synthesis of the first mass-produced antibiotic: penicillin, which is an important carboxylic acid in medicine.

We’ve met four carboxylic acid derivatives in the past few episodes: acid chlorides, anhydrides, esters, and amides.

As you might remember, acid chlorides are the most reactive of our barbershop quartet of carboxylic acid derivatives.