HARDMCQ SINGLEJEE Advanced ChemistryInorganic ChemistryCarboxylic Acids and DerivativesAchiever Section

End product of the following reaction is Cl alc. KOH red p CH CH COOH A B → → (a) (b) (c) (d)

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Explanation

From the reagents, we can say that the given reaction is Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction and results in the formation of carboxylic acid chloro . It further undergoes dehydro-halogenation reaction to give alkene. The mechanism is shown below- Thus, the correct option is (c) 2 CH CH COOH

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