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Dry silver butanoate, , is refluxed with bromine in . The organic product is

  1. A1-bromopropane
  2. Bpropanoic acid
  3. C2-bromobutanoic acid
  4. D1-bromobutane

Answer: A

Hunsdiecker reaction: . The product has one carbon less than the acid, so the propyl bromide forms.
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