Diels-Alder
Acetic anhydride and aniline are the reactants for the preparation of acetaanilide.
The chemical reaction is:C6H5NH2 + (CH3CO)2O → C6H5NHCOCH3 + CH3COOH
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the perkin reaction
both photosynthesis and respiration
Acetic anhydride and aniline are the reactants for the preparation of acetaanilide.
The main impurties are probably the unreacted reactants. i.e salicylic acid and some acetic anhydride (ethanoic anhydride)
The product of the reaction between anthracene and maleic anhydride is known as anthracene-maleic anhydride adduct. This adduct is commonly used in the synthesis of dyes, polymers, and other organic compounds.
The reaction is: (CH3CO)2O + H2O = 2 CH3COOH
Synthesis of acetyl chloride via the reaction of acetic acid with sulphuric acid
Melanin Synthesis
The chemical reaction is:C6H5NH2 + (CH3CO)2O → C6H5NHCOCH3 + CH3COOH
Aspirin is generally produced by the following mechanism (starting from basic materials) Phenol --(NaOH, CO2, heat)--> Sodium Salicylate (+para isomer) --(H2SO4)--> Salicylic acid --(acetic anhydride)--> acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin) Due to the myriad of organic reactions, there are multiple possibilities at each stage. However, the above is the most efficient and common way of synthesizing Aspirin. For example, the last reaction (esterification) may be accomplished by using an acyl halide instead of an anhydride (e.g. ethanoyl/acetic chloride instead of acetic anhydride). However, the acyl halide is more costly to synthesize and more unstable to handle.
a prostaglandin (PGE2) synthesis inhibitor
Jacob Meyer Zeavin has written: 'Preparation of some monoderivatives of benzoic anhydride and their reaction with Friedel-Crafts' synthesis'
http://www.cerlabs.com/experiments/1053497774X.pdf follow this link to a pdf file this gives the whole information of synthesis of paracetamol from 4-aminophenol and acetic anhydride.
the perkin reaction