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  4. The OH group of an alcohol or a carboxylic acid can be replaced by Cl , using

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Q. The $OH$ group of an alcohol or a carboxylic acid can be replaced by $Cl$ , using

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Solution:

$ROH+PCl_{5} \rightarrow RCl+POCl_{3}+HCl$
$RCOOH+PCl_{5} \rightarrow RCOCl+POCl_{3}+HCl$