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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

In the presence of a small amount of phosphorous, aliphatic carboxylic acids react with chlorine or bromine to yield a compound in which α– hydrogen has been replaced by halogen. This reaction is known as :
(1) Etard reaction
(2) Hell -Volhard – Zelinsky reaction
(3) Wolff -Kishner reaction
(4) Rosenmund reaction

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5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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5 Years ago
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Hell -Volhard – Zelinsky reaction is the reaction in which aliphatic carboxylic acids react with chlorine or bromine to yield a compound in which α– hydrogen has been replaced by halogen, in the presence of a small amount of phosphorus.
Hence option (2) is the answer.


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