- cresol reacts with chloroform in alkaline medium to give the compound
which adds hydrogen cyanide to form the compound
. The latter on acidic hydrolysis gives chiral carboxylic acid. The structure of the carboxylic acid is
As we learnt in
Hydrolysis of Trihalogen derivatives -
Three halogen atoms are attached to the same carbon atom yield carboxylic acid.
- wherein
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