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In the presence of a small amount of red phosphorous, aliphatic carboxylic acids react with chlorine or bromine to yield a compound in which `alpha`-hydrogen has been replaced by halogen. This reaction is known as

A

Wolff-Kishner reaction

B

Etard reaction

C

Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction

D

Rosenmund reaction

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C
Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction
`underset("Acetic acid")(CH_(3)COOH)underset(-HCl)overset(Cl_(2),P)to underset("acetic acid")underset("Monochloro") (ClH_(2)C-COOH) underset(-HCl)overset(Cl_(2),F)to underset("acetic acid")underset("Dichloro")(Cl_(2)CH-COOH)underset(-HCl)overset(Cl_(2),P)to underset("acetic acid")underset("Trichloro")(Cl_(3)C-COOH)`
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