The balanced chemical equation for the reaction between ethanol and phosphorous (V) chloride is:
Here, ethanol reacts with phosphorous chloride to produce ethyl chloride (also known as chloroethane), phosphorous trichloride and hydrochloric acid. This reaction takes place at 23 degrees Celsius.
This is a balanced chemical reaction since the number of atoms of each species is same on both sides (that is, reactants and products) of the reaction. For example, there are 2 atoms of carbon on the reactant side. Similarly, there are 2 atoms of carbon on the product side and hence the reaction is balanced in terms of carbon. Similarly, we have 6 atoms of hydrogen on both the reactant and product side of the equation. We can check for balance of other atoms as well.
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