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Q. Which of the following does not give benzoic acid on hydrolysis?

Jharkhand CECEJharkhand CECE 2009

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Benzyl chloride on hydrolysis gives benzyl alcohol. $ \underset{\text{benzyl}\,\text{chloride}}{\mathop{{{\text{C}}_{\text{6}}}{{\text{H}}_{\text{5}}}\text{C}{{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}}\text{Cl}}}\,\xrightarrow[\text{boil}]{\text{aq}\text{.}\,\text{NaOH}}\underset{\text{benzyl}\,\,\text{alcohol}}{\mathop{{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{5}}C{{H}_{2}}OH}}\,+NaCl $