When carboxylic acid is treated with chlorine in the presence of red phosphorus,an alpha-chloro acid is formed. This reaction is known as:

  • A
    Hunsdicker reaction
  • B
    Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction
  • C
    Friedel-Crafts reaction
  • D
    Rosenmund reduction

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