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JEE Mains · Chemistry · STD 12 - 8.2 Carboxylic acids and their derivative

In the presence of a small amount of phosphorous, aliphatic carboxylic acids react with chlorine or bromine to yield a compound in which \(\alpha -\) hydrogen has been replaced by halogen. This reaction is known as

  1. A Wolff - Kishner reaction
  2. B Rosenmund reaction
  3. C Etard reaction
  4. D Hell - Volhard - Zelinsky reaction
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(D) Hell - Volhard - Zelinsky reaction

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Hell - Volhard - Zelinsky Reaction : It is \(\alpha \) - subtitution when a carboxylic acid having \(\alpha \) - hydrogens is treated with chlorine or bromine in presence of small amount of red phosphorous. \(R-C{{H}_{2}}COOH\,+\,{{X}_{2}}\,\xrightarrow{P}\)…
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