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Q. When propionic acid is subjected to reduction with hydroiodic acid and Red phosphorus, the product formed is

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Solution:

$CH_{3}-CH_{2}-COOH+6HI\overset{R e d \, P}{ \rightarrow }CH_{3}\underset{P r o p a n e}{- C H_{2} - C H_{3}}+2H_{2}O+3I_{2}$