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JEE Main 2002 Chemistry question

ChemistryHaloalkanes and HaloarenesJEE Main 2002

. What is B ?

Answer: (3)

Solution

/red P (Hell–Volhard–Zelinsky reaction) chlorinates the α-carbon: A = (2-chloropropanoic acid). Alcoholic KOH then causes dehydrohalogenation (β-elimination of HCl),

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