Chemistry - Carboxylic acid and their Derivatives Question with Solution | TestHub

1st step is Hell-Volhard Zelinsky reaction, halogenation of carboxylic acid at$\alpha -\text{C}$

$\begin{array}{ccccc}{\text{CH}}_3{\text{CH}}_2\text{COOH}& \underset{\underset{-\text{HCl}}{\text{red P}}}{\overset{{\text{Cl}}_2}{\to }}& {\text{CH}}_3\text{CHClCOOH}& \underset{-\text{HCl}}{\overset{\text{alc. KOH}}{\to }}& \end{array}$$\begin{array}{c}\text{C}{\text{H}}_2=\text{C}\text{H}\text{C}\text{O}\text{O}\text{H}\\ \text{A}\text{c}\text{r}\text{y}\text{l}\text{i}\text{c}\text{a}\text{c}\text{i}\text{d}\end{array}$