Benzoic anhydride → Benzoic Acid

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Reaction Steps

All reactions were run on a 10 mL scale at room temperature for a total of 5.00 min. The benzoic anhydride and internal standard were added from a stock solution which was 1.0M benzoic anhydride and 25,000 pm acenaphthylene in 100% acetonitrile. A total of 5.0 μL of this stock was used (yielding a 1:2000 dilution) to make each reaction 0.5 mM benzoic anhydride and 25 ppm acenaphthylene. Benzoic acid produced was measured by HPLC (high pressure liquid chromatography) using the acenaphthylene internal standard as a reference.

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