Question
Chemistry Question on reaction mechanism
The number of non-ionisable protons present in the product B obtained from the following reactions is__.
C2H5OH+PCl3→C2H5Cl+A
A+PCl3→B
Answer
PCl3 + C2H5OH → C2H5Cl + H3PO3
(A)
H3PO3 + PCl3→ H4P2O5
(A) (B)
Structure of H4P2O5
Total 2 non-ionizable protons are present.