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p-Cresol reacts with chloroform in alkal...

p-Cresol reacts with chloroform in alkaline medium to give the compound A which adds hydrogen cyanide to form the compound B . The latter on acidic hydrolysis gives chiral carboxylic acid . The structure of the carboxylic acid is

A

B

C

D

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