The major product formed when 1,1,1-trichloropropane is slightly heated with aqueous potassium hydroxide is:

Propyne

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1-Propanol

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2-Propanol

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Propanoic acid

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Solution

The correct option is D Propanoic acid
Here substitution is favoured in the presence of aq. $K O H$ .
At single carbom, more than one $- O H$ group is extremely unstable and will readily lose a water molecule to form more stable aldehyde, ketone or carboxylic acid.

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