Acetic anhydride is prepared in the laboratory by heating sodium acetate with:

ethyl chloride

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acetyl chloride

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conc.

H_{2} {S O}_{4}

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zinc dust

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Solution

The correct option is C acetyl chloride
Acetic anhydride is prepared by heating sodium acetate with acetyl chloride
$C H_{3} C O O N a + C H_{3} C O C l ⟶ C H_{3} C O O C O C H_{3} + N a C l$

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