Carboxylic acids react with diazomethane to yield:

Amines

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Alcohols

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Esters

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Amides

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Solution

The correct option is C Esters

Diazomethane provides the necessary $C H_{2}$ group to form an ester (esterification using diazomethane)

Mechanism as shown

Option C is correct.

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