a)Acetic acid has a greater solubility in ethanol than acetic anhydride therefor

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Question

a)Acetic acid has a greater solubility in ethanol than acetic anhydride therefore it is advantageous to use acetic acid instead of acetic anhydride.

b)Acetic acid is more reactive than acetic anhydride, thus speaks the reaction up

c)Acetic anhydride is to reactive and there is a possibility that acetic anhydride would react with the phenol and form an ester

d)Acetic anhydride is necessary to quench the excess sodium borohydride. Acetic anhydride cannot quench the excess sodium borohydride.

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The correct answer is

Acetic anhydride is to reactive and there is a possibility that acetic anhydride would react with the phenol and form an ester

So we do use acetic acid in this reaction for synthesis of amide.

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