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  4. Consider the following set of reactions: CH3COOH xrightarrowSOCl2 A xrightarrow[Anhyd. AlCl3] textBenzene B xrightarrowHCN C xrightarrow HOH D The structure of D would be

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Q. Consider the following set of reactions :
$CH_3COOH \xrightarrow{SOCl_2} A\xrightarrow[Anhyd. AlCl_3]{\text{Benzene}} B\xrightarrow{HCN} C \xrightarrow {HOH} D$
The structure of D would be

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Solution:

$CH_3COOH \xrightarrow{SOCl_2} CH_3COCl\xrightarrow[{Anhyd. AlCl_3}]{\text{Benzene} }$(A)

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