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The reaction of a primary alcohol with which of the following gives purely a haloalkane?(a) Phosphorus trichloride(b) Phosphorus pentachloride(c) Thionyl chloride(d) Sulphuryl chlorideThe question was posed to me by my college professor while I was bunking the class.This key question is from Methods of Preparation of Haloalkanes topic in portion Haloalkanes and Haloarenes of Chemistry – Class 12

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The CORRECT OPTION is (c) Thionyl chloride

The best I can explain: The reaction of alcohol with SOCl2 gives a chloroalkane ALONG with GASES SO2 and HCl which are easily escapable, LEAVING behind the pure alkyl chloride.



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