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The conversion of a carboxylic acid to `alpha` - bromo- carboxylic acid using red phosphorus and bromine is a:

A

Cannizzaro 's reaction

B

Aldol condensation

C

Hell Volhard Zelinsky reaction

D

Kolbe ,s reaction.

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