A laboratory manual suggests using anhydrous zinc chloride and concentrated HCl to convert primary alcohols to alkyl halides. What is this mixture named?
Q1. A laboratory manual suggests using anhydrous zinc chloride and concentrated HCl to convert primary alcohols to alkyl halides. What is this mixture named?
Answer: Lucas reagent
Explanation: Lucas reagent is a mixture of ZnCl2 and HCl used to distinguish alcohols. Tollen's reagent is tempting but identifies aldehydes, not halides.