JEE Main Chemistry question

Halogenation of the silver salt of a carboxylic acid using CCl₄ as solvent to form an alkyl halide is an example of:

Answer: (C)

Solution

RCOOAg + X₂ → RX + AgX + CO₂ is, by definition, the Hunsdiecker reaction (which

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