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does CO2 react with PCl5 to give POCl3??????

does CO2 react with PCl5 to give POCl3??????

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somil garg
30 Points
13 years ago

no

samir ranjan
19 Points
13 years ago

is it????somil bhaiya?????r u 100% sure??

Shrinivas
11 Points
6 years ago
Phosgene is very unstable, and the C=O bond is quite strong, so the rxn doesn`t take place. In SO2, the S=O bond is quite weak, as the overlapping won`t be effective , as the sulphur is very big in size. So, the reaction sulphur dioxide + phosphorus pentachloride -----> POCl3+SOCl2 is possible.

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