Timeline for Why don't alcohols undergo nucleophilic substitution with ammonia?
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| Jun 30, 2015 at 11:54 | comment | added | Mithoron | @user2246 PCl5first converts OH into OPCl4 and in succesive intramolecular substitution POCl3 acts as very good leaving group. | |
| Oct 15, 2013 at 12:43 | comment | added | user2246 | Could you tell me why $\ce{Cl}$ in $\ce{PCl5}$, etc. is a better nucleophile than $\ce{NH3}$ then? | |
| Oct 15, 2013 at 11:34 | history | answered | ssavec | CC BY-SA 3.0 |