JEE Main 2014 Chemistry question

The major product formed when 1, 1, 1-trichloropropane is treated with aqueous potassium hydroxide is :

Answer: (3)

Solution

A carbon bearing three halogens hydrolyses to a carboxylic acid: the three chlorines are replaced by groups, and the resulting unstable orthoacid

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Question ID VK-104666