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JEE Main & Advanced Chemistry Carboxylic Acids Question Bank Properties of Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives

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    What will happen if \[LiAl{{H}_{4}}\] is added to an ester [CBSE PMT 2000]

    A)                 Two units of alcohol are obtained

    B)                 One unit of alcohol and one unit of acid is obtained

    C)                 Two units of acids are obtained

    D)                 None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    \[R-\overset{O}{\mathop{\overset{||}{\mathop{C}}\,}}\,-{R}'\xrightarrow{LiAl{{H}_{4}}}\underset{\text{Two}\,\text{units}\,\text{of}\,\text{alcohols}}{\mathop{R-C{{H}_{2}}OH+{R}'OH}}\,\]


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