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Ortho acid

Hypothetical organic molecules of the form R–C(OH)3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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In organic chemistry, ortho acids are organic, hypothetical chemical compounds having the structure R−C(OH)3 (R = alkyl or aryl).[1]

Ortho acids themselves are unstable and cannot be isolated. However, ortho esters can be synthesized by the Pinner reaction, in which nitriles react with alcohols under acid catalysis:

RCN + 3 R'OH → RC(OR')3 + NH3

Historic definition

Historically the prefixes "hypo-", "per-", "ortho-", "meta-", and "pyro-" were used to distinguish between different oxyacids of the same element, of these ortho acid is the most highly oxidised or hydroxylated. For example, dehydration of orthoperiodic acid gives metaperiodic acid. Such naming conventions are now obsolete; however, various traditional names containing these prefixes have been retained in IUPAC nomenclature, namely:

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