Esters enolize too , and their enolate ions do the same things that ketone-enolates do. The enolate is a nucleophile and does SN2-type chemistry, and NACC attack type of chemistry. Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives Chapter Ten introduces carboxylic acids and their derivatives. The chemistry is very similar to that of the ketones and aldehydes because of the presence of the carbonyl group. Most of these reactions involve a NACC Attack.
Nitriles are a little different, but their chemistry follows the same pattern.
Be able to recognize and name the functional groups in section 10.1. Nearly all of the reactions covered in this chapter are Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution reactions. It starts out the same way the reactions in Chapter Nine did, but ends differently. Acyl halides and anhydrides are very reactive towards nucleophilic acyl substitution. How would you make an amide from an anhydride.