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Propionic acid on reaction with Br2/P yields a di-bromo product. The structure of this di-bromo product would be
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This is Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction. In this reaction, acids containing α -H react with X2/red P giving product in which the α -hydrogen are substituted by X.
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