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What happens when acetic acid reacts with chlorine in the presence of red phosphorus with reaction

What happens when acetic acid reacts with chlorine in the presence of red phosphorus with reaction

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Arun
25750 Points
6 years ago
Dear Sujit
 
Acetic acid reacts with chlorine in presence of red pbosphorus to give successively mono, di, tri chloro acetic acid.
 
CH3COOH + Cl2 = CH2ClCOOH + HCl
CH2ClCOOH + Cl2 = CHCl2COOH + HCl
CHCl2COOH + Cl2 = CCl3COOH + HCl
 
This reaction is also called Hell-Volhard-Zelinky Reaction.
 
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Arun (askIITians forum expert)
Kushagra Madhukar
askIITians Faculty 628 Points
3 years ago
Dear student,
Please find the answer to your question.
 
Acetic acid reacts with chlorine in presence of red pbosphorus to give successively mono, di, tri chloro acetic acid.
 
CH3COOH + Cl2 = CH2ClCOOH + HCl
CH2ClCOOH + Cl2 = CHCl2COOH + HCl
CHCl2COOH + Cl2 = CCl3COOH + HCl
 
This reaction is also called as Hell-Volhard-Zelinky Reaction.
 
Thanks and regards,
Kushagra

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