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  4. The main product obtained from phenol with PCl5 is:

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Q. The main product obtained from phenol with $PCl_{5}$ is:

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Solution:

$C _{6} H _{5} OH + PCl _{5} \longrightarrow \underset{\text{Chlorobenzene}}{C _{6} H _{5} Cl} + POCl _{3} + HCl$
$3 C _{6} H _{5} OH + POCl _{3} \longrightarrow \underset{\text{Triphenyl phosphate}}{\left( C _{6} H _{5}\right)_{3} PO _{4}}+3 HCl$