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  4. CH3COOH xrightarrow[]Br2/PY xrightarrow[(ii) H3O+](i) KCNX Here, X is

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Q. $ C{{H}_{3}}COOH\xrightarrow[{}]{B{{r}_{2}}/P}Y\xrightarrow[(ii)\,{{H}_{3}}{{O}^{+}}]{(i)\,KCN}X $ Here, $ X $ is

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$ C{{H}_{3}}COOH\xrightarrow[{}]{B{{r}_{2}}/P}\underset{'Y'}{\mathop{BrC{{H}_{2}}-COOH}}\, $ $ \xrightarrow[{}]{KCN(alc)}NC-C{{H}_{2}}COOH $ $ \xrightarrow[{}]{{{H}_{3}}{{O}^{+}}}\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} malonic\text{ }acid \\ \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,'X' \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{HOOC-C{{H}_{2}}-COOH}}\, $