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Q. A carboxylic acid can best be converted into acid chloride by using

Aldehydes Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

Solution:

Use of $SOCl _2$ and $ClCOCOCl$ forms gaseous byproducts which can be easily removed, giving better yield of $RCOCl$. Further, oxalyl chloride is particularly easy to use becasue any excess of it can be easily evaporated due to its low b.p. $\left(62^{\circ} C \right)$

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