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Phosgene (COCl2) was used as a poison gas in World War I.
Chapter 16, Problem 74P(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Problem 74P
Phosgene (COCl2) was used as a poison gas in World War I. Give the product that would be formed from the reaction of phosgene with each of the following reagents:
a. one equivalent of methanol
b. excess methanol
c. excess propylamine
d. excess water
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QUESTION:
Problem 74P
Phosgene (COCl2) was used as a poison gas in World War I. Give the product that would be formed from the reaction of phosgene with each of the following reagents:
a. one equivalent of methanol
b. excess methanol
c. excess propylamine
d. excess water
ANSWER:
Solution 74P
(a)
It is a nuicleophilic substitution reaction. Phosgene is reacted with one equivalent of methanol it forms methyl carbonochloride.