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Acetic acid reacts with PCl5 to form:

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a

CHCl2COOH

b

CH3COCl

c

CH3COOCl 

d

CH2ClCOOH

answer is C.

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Acetyl chloride is produced by heating acetic acid with phosphorus pentachloride. The COOH group is changed to the COCl group in this reaction. 
  

CH3COOH + PCl5 CH3COCl+HCl +POCl3


The general reaction given by carboxylic acid is nucleophilic addition elimination, also known as acyl substitution
 

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