Wednesday, 15 June 2016

organic chemistry - Can the hydroxyl group of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid react with phosphorus pentachloride?


I learned that, a phenol will not react (or react very slowly) with $\ce{PCl5}$ due to its stabilized structure.


How about the $\ce{-OH}$ group on the benzene ring of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid? Will that $\ce{-OH}$ group react with $\ce{PCl5}$? If the answer is yes, is it anything to do with the $\ce{-COOH}$ group?




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