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An alcohol X () becomes turbid with Lucas reagent at room temperature only after about five minutes and gives a yellow precipitate with . The sodium salt of the organic acid formed in this iodoform reaction is

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Answer: B

Turbidity in about 5 minutes marks a secondary alcohol, and the iodoform test needs ; so X is butan-2-ol. It is oxidised to butan-2-one, , and the haloform cleavage removes the unit as , leaving .
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