JEE Main Chemistry question

Formic acid cannot be halogenated with chlorine in presence of red P, but acetic acid can be, because:

Answer: (B)

Solution

Formic acid's carboxyl carbon is bonded directly to a hydrogen, with no separate α-carbon at all, so the HVZ-type

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