Hi anyone can answar these questions or only part of them ?
1-What are the advantages of using thionyl chloride rather thanother available chlorination agents?
2-When an oil bath is used to reflux a solution, why is itrecommended ?
3-If charcoal is used in a recrystallization, how and why mightCelite then be used subsequently?
4-Why is thionyl chloride removed by distillation at reducedpressure rather than at atmospheric pressure?
5-Illustrate the mechanism for the reaction of thionyl chlorideand; (a) water and (b) a chiral alcohol.
6-Illustrate the mechanism of the reaction of cholesterol withPCl5 to yield 3ï¢-chloro-5-cholestene.
