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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: bharathi on November 09, 2005, 02:34:01 AM

Title: POCl3 reactivity
Post by: bharathi on November 09, 2005, 02:34:01 AM

Does POCl3 react with hydrogen peroxide?What could be the  possible products of this interaction?

Regards,
CHB

Title: Re:POCl3 reactivity
Post by: movies on November 09, 2005, 02:39:57 AM

POCl₃ is a pretty wicked electrophile.  It will reaction with anything moderately nucleophilic.

Title: Re:POCl3 reactivity
Post by: laotree on November 13, 2005, 06:42:33 AM

I have seen so many questions about POCl3 in this forum. Movies should give a general lecture about it.

Title: Re:POCl3 reactivity
Post by: Arsenic on November 13, 2005, 08:39:34 PM

I have not seen anything on the direct reaction of hydrogen peroxide with POCl3 but considering the fact that H2O2 has some H2O impurity a reaction between H2O and POCl3 can be assumed.

Title: Re:POCl3 reactivity
Post by: Donaldson Tan on November 30, 2005, 11:12:24 AM

I think Arsenic's reaction might cause more H2O2 to break down, because not only water is consumed, but also this reaction is exothermic.