JEE Main Chemistry question

The compound formed in the following sequence of reactions, CH_3CH_2CH_2OH \xrightarrow{PCl_5} A \xrightarrow{alc.\ NaOH} B, will be

Answer: (B)

Solution

converts 1-propanol to 1-chloropropane () via substitution of the hydroxyl group by chlorine; alcoholic NaOH

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