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Strength of Acids and Bases

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Question

Silver salt of carboxylic acid on reaction with $R - X$ gives:

alkyl halide

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ester

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aldehyde

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alcohol

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Solution

The correct option is B ester
$R^{'} C O O A g (s i l v e r s a l t o f a c i d) + R - X a l k y l h a l i d e \to - A g X R^{'} C O O R e s t e r f r u i t y o d o u r$

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