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[drill-and-fill]

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Phenol reacting with HCl, would Cl replace the alcohol? Destroyer is saying yes, qVault is saying no. Of course im siding with destroyer but i jus wanna make sure.

 

[Kingsta2426]

Phenol reacting with HCl, would Cl replace the alcohol? Destroyer is saying yes, qVault is saying no. Of course im siding with destroyer but i jus wanna make sure.

Yes I think so since phenol would be protonated into ph-OH2+ which is a good LG and then the Cl- attacks the positive charge, the charge would be resonance stabilized too.

 

[EpicDentist]

Phenol reacting with HCl, would Cl replace the alcohol? Destroyer is saying yes, qVault is saying no. Of course im siding with destroyer but i jus wanna make sure.

Where in Destroyer does it say a phenol will react with HCl?

 

[dent4]

which question in destroyer is it stating it replaces the OH?

 

[drill-and-fill]

Oops my bad! I meant to say just a regular alcohol... Gosh all these 12 hr study days are getting to me lol 🙁

 

[ktran17]

to turn a phenol into a chlorine wouldnt you have to go phenol + strong acid => benzene + HNO3=> nitrobenzene + Sn* HCl => Amino benzene + NaNH2 HCl => Diazonium benzene + CuCl=> chloro benzene