Carboxylic Acid With SOCl2 Shortcut in 3 Quick Steps

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]What happens when I react this carboxylic acid with SOCl2?

[00:00:04]And can you show me the product without the mechanism?

[00:00:08]SOCl2 will give us the carboxylic acid derivative that puts a chlorine where the OH is. To do this without the mechanism, we identify the starting carboxylic acid and cross out the OH group. Redraw the carbon skeleton exactly as you see it. Put a bond between the carbonyl to the incoming nucleophile, in this case the chlorine.

[00:00:28]And there you have your acid halide.

[00:00:30]Comment worksheet for even more carboxylic acid derivative practice.