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Q. Formic acid reacts with $PCl _{5}$ to form

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Formic acid reacts with $PCl _{5}$ to give carbon monoxide and hydrogen chloride.
$HCOOH + PCl _{5} \rightarrow \underset{\text { unstable }}{[ HCOCl ]} \rightarrow CO + HCl$