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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

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As we learnt in

Hydrolysis of Trihalogen derivatives -

Three halogen atoms are attached to the same carbon atom yield carboxylic acid. 

- wherein

RCX_{3}+3KOH\rightarrow RCOOH+3KX+H_{2}O

 

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