Class 12th Chemistry 2017 Set2 Delhi Board Paper Solution

Question 10

Write the reactions involved in the following:

Hell-Volhard Zelinsky reaction

Answer

Carboxylic acids having α-hydrogen are halogenated at the α-position. On treatment with chlorine or bromine in the presence of small amount of red phosphorus it give α-halocarboxylic acids. The reaction is known as Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction.

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