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JEE Main & Advanced Chemistry Carboxylic Acids Question Bank Properties of Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives

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    The \[OH\] group of an alcohol or the \[-COOH\] group of a carboxylic acid can be replaced by \[-Cl\]using  [CBSE PMT 2004]

    A)                 Chlorine

    B)                 Hydrochloric acid

    C)                 Phosphorus pent chloride

    D)                 Hypochlorous acid

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

               \[R\,OH+PC{{l}_{5}}\to R-Cl+POC{{l}_{3}}+HCl\]                 \[R\,COOH+PC{{l}_{5}}\to R\,COCl+POC{{l}_{3}}+HCl\]


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