Carboxylic-acid nucleophile can substitute for carboxylic-acid hydroxyl group. Organic compounds {acid anhydride} can have last carbon in carbon chain double-bonded to oxygen atom and single-bonded to carboxylic acid. Acid anhydrides are colorless, smell bad like carboxylic acids, are highly reactive, are polar, are not acidic, are not basic, are not oxidizable or reducible, dissolve slightly in water, and are liquids unless more than six carbons.
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