And what it's used is to convert one type of group, what's called a carboxylic acid into another type of very reactive intermediate, which is called an acid chloride.

它被用来将一类被称作羧酸的化合物，转化成另外一类活性很高的反应中间体,也就是酰氯。

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So if you're trying to make a more complicated organic molecule carbon-carbon bonds are one of the most difficult things to make in organic chemistry, and it turns out that c n minus is a very reactive molecule, so it's a good way, even though we'll go over some drawbacks in a second, it is a good way to make carbon-carbon bonds.

如果你要合成一个更复杂的有机分子,碳碳键是有机化学中,最难制造的键之一，而实际上氰离子是一种具有很高活性的分子，用它是一个好办法，尽管我们一会儿将看到它的一些缺点，但它的确是一个制造碳碳键的好方法。

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I just wanted to point out that although you see these chlorine atoms in these drugs, in fact, I don't think I've ever seen an acid chloride in a final pharmaceutical product or drug that we take, and the reason is because they're so reactive that you wouldn't want to have that in something you digest.

我只是想指出一点,那就是尽管你在这些药物中看到了氯原子，实际上，我想我从来都没有在一个,成品的药用产品或者药物中见到过酰氯，这原因是因为它们太容易反应了,你不会想让它们出现在你要消化的东西中。

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So that explains why they're so reactive, they're all very willing to give up that one s orbital and then drop to a lower energy level.

这就解释了它们的化学性质为什么非常活泼，它们都很愿意失去那个，s，电子,然后降到更低的能级上去。

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