Which of the following does not give nucleophilic substitution with alcohol?
CH₃COCl
Acetic anhydride
Ether
None of the above
Alcohols () act as nucleophiles due to the presence of lone pairs on the oxygen atom. They undergo nucleophilic acyl substitution reactions with acid derivatives like Acid Chlorides () and Acid Anhydrides () to form esters.
Thus, Ether is the compound that does not give nucleophilic substitution with alcohol.
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