Q. Acetic acid reacts with $PCl_{5}$ to form
A) $CH_{2}ClCOOH$
B) $CHCl_{2}COOH$
C) $CH_{3}COCl$
D) $CH_{3}COOCl$
Explanation
(c)
Acetic acid reacts with $PCl_{5}$ to form acetyl chloride.
$CH_{3}COOH + PCl_{5} \longrightarrow CH_{3}COCl + POCl_{3} + HCl$
acetic acid acetyl chloride
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