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Question
What is the action of following reagents on ethanoic acid?
SOCl2/heat
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Solution
Ethanoic acid on heating with SOCl2 gives the corresponding acyl chloride.
\[\ce{\underset{\text{Ethanoic acid}}{CH3COOH} + \underset{\text{Thionyl chloride}}{SOCl2} ->[\Delta] \underset{\text{Acetyl chloride}}{CH3COCl} + HCl ^ + SO2 ^}\]
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