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COMEDK · Chemistry · 28. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

The reagent which does not give acid chloride on treating with a carboxylic acid is

  1. A \(\mathrm{SOCl}_{2}\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{PCl}_{3}\)
  3. C \(\mathrm{PCl}_{5}\)
  4. D \(\mathrm{Cl}_{2}\)
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(D) \(\mathrm{Cl}_{2}\)

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The reagent, \(\mathrm{Cl}_{2}\) does not give acid chloride on heating with carboxylic acids \({ }_{q}^{r y}\) while other reagents give acid chloride.