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phosphorus trichloride

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. a clear, colorless, fuming liquid, PCl 3 , used chiefly in organic synthesis as a chlorinating agent.


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The best method for preparing pure phosphorous acid is by hydrolyzing phosphorus trichloride:

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

Day after day they emerged with ton after ton of chemicals--sodium cyanide, sodium fluoride, phosphorus trichloride, isopropyl alcohol, acetonitrile--some benign, but others deadly, and still others that if mixed together might create something deadlier still.

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It can be easily obtained, however, in the form of transparent crystals when phosphorus trichloride is treated with water and the resulting solution is evaporated: PCl3 + 3H2O = H3PO3 + 3HCl.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

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