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Chemistry Question on Uses of Aldehydes and Ketones

In a set of reactions acetic acid yielded a product D. CH3COOH−>[SOCl2]A−>[Benzene][anhyAlCl3]B−>[HCN]C−>[H2O]CH_{3} COOH {->[{SOCl_{2}}]} A {->[{\text{Benzene}}][{\text{anhy} AlCl_{3}}]} B {->[{HCN}]} C {->[{H_{2}O}]} The structure of D would be

A

B

C

D

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CH3COOH−>[SOCl2][]CH3COCl−>[Benzene][anhy.AlCl3]CH_{3}COOH {->[{SOCl_2}][{}]} CH_{3}COCl {->[{\text{Benzene}}][{\text{anhy}. AlCl_3}]}