Aldehydes Ketones Question 172
Question: When acetaldehyde reacts with $ PCl_5, $ the resulting compound is
[MP PMT 1992, 93]
Options:
A) Ethyl chloride
B) Ethylene chloride
C) Ethylidene chloride
D) Trichloro acetaldehyde
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
$ CH_3-CHO+PCl_5\to $
$ \underset{\begin{smallmatrix} EthylideneChloride \\ or \\ Gemdihalide \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{CH_3-CH<\begin{matrix} Cl \\ Cl \\ \end{matrix}+POCl_3}} $
BETA
