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Question
Explain the preparation of alkyl halide using thionyl chloride (SOCl2).
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Solution
Thionyl chloride reacts with straight-chain primary alcohols to give unrearranged alkyl chloride. The byproducts obtained are gases.
\[\ce{\underset{(Alcohol)}{R - OH} + \underset{(Thionyl chlonde)}{SOCl2}->[\Delta]\underset{(Alkyl chloride)}{R - Cl} + SO2↑ + HCl↑}\]
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