acid anhydrides

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Compounds consisting of two acyl groups bonded to the same oxygen atom acyl-O-acyl. Symmetric and mixed anhydrides have identical and different acyl groups, respectively. E.g.
acetic anhydride,
acetic benzenesulfonic anhydride,
(thiobenzoic) anhydride.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1311 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'acid anhydrides' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.A00072 RIS BibTex EndNote
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