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By the action of PCl3 or PCl5 with alcohols alkyl halides and a by product HCl is formed.The byproduct HCl is absorbed by using :

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Et3N,C5H5N
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Et2NH,C5H5N
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EtNH2,C5H5N
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Et3N,C6H5N
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Solution

The correct option is A Et3N,C5H5N
By the action of PCl3 or PCl5 with alcohols alkyl halides and a
by product HCl is formed.The byproduct HCl is absorbed by using Triethyl amine(Et3N),pyridine(C5H5N) which are bases and neutralise the acid like HCl and HBr etc.

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