Alcohols can be obtained from carboxylic acids by reduction using one of the following reagents:

L i A I H_{4}

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N / a l c o h o l

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Z n / H C l

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H_{2} / N i

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Solution

The correct option is A $L i A I H_{4}$
$R C O O H + L i A l H_{4} \to R C H O \to R C H_{2} O H$
Carboxylic acids along with lithium aluminium hydride, initially gives aldehyde and then reduced to primary alcohols.

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