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p-Cresol reacts with chloroform in alkaline medium to give the compound A which adds hydrogen cyanide to form the compound B. the latter on acidic hydrolysis gives chiral carboxylic acid. The structure of the carboxylic acids is

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Solution :OH group is o,p-directinig and hydrolysis of cyanohydrins gives `alpha`-hydroxy ACIDS. THUS, option (B) is CORRECT.


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