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CUET · CHEMISTRY · PYQ PAPER 2023

Name the reaction when carboxyclic acids having an a -hydrogen are halogenated at the a-position on treatment with chlorine in the presence of a small amount of red phosphorus.

  1. A Kolbe electrolysis
  2. B Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction
  3. C Friedel Crafts reaction
  4. D Esterification
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(B) Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction

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Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction