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JEE Main levelSingle correct optionDifficulty 2 of 3hx119

Silver propanoate is heated with bromine in (Borodin-Hunsdiecker reaction). The organic product is

  1. A2-bromopropane
  2. Bpropanoyl bromide
  3. Cbromoethane
  4. D1-bromopropane

Answer: C

. The carboxylate loses the carboxyl carbon as , so the alkyl halide has one carbon fewer than the acid (ethyl, two carbons).
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