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Thionyl chloride is preferred to as the reagent to prepare acid chlorides. Why?

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`R-COOH+SOCl_2rarrR-COCl+HCl+SO_2`
Since the by-products of the reaction (HCl and `SO_2`) are gases, they escape leaving behind pure acid chloride.
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