In today's lesson I come across such a reaction:
CH3COOH + SOCl2 -------- CH3COCl + SO2 + HCl
Which converts the ethanoic acid into ethanoyl chloride, with the SOCl2 acting as a nucleophile.
the teacher however does not tell me HOW does this SOCl2 act as a nucleophile, he actually didnt even tell me the bond arrangement of SOCl2 so I am a bit puzzled, and I want to know the detail of this nucleophilic substitution, which part of SOCl2 act as nucleopile an how, and where the SO2 and HCl come from.
Thanks