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Question
What is the action of phosphorous pentacholoride on ethyl methyl ether?
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When ethyl methyl ether is heated with phosphorus pentachloride, a mixture of ethyl chloride and methyl chloride is formed.
\[\ce{\underset{Ethyl methyl ether}{CH3-O-C2H5} + PCl5 ->[Δ] \underset{Methyl chloride}{CH3-Cl} + \underset{Ethyl chloride}{C2H5Cl} + POCl3}\]
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