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PCl(5) causes cleavage of ether linkage ...

`PCl_(5)` causes cleavage of ether linkage `R-O-R'` forming `RCl, R'Cl and POCl_(3), C_(5)H_(12)O` on reaction with `PCl_(5)` forms 2 - chloropropane and 1 - chloroethane as main compound.
Thus, `C_(5)H_(12)O` is named as

A

1 - ethoxypropane

B

2 - ethoxypropane

C

1 - ethyl propane

D

2 - ethylpropane

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