Which compound undergoes decarboxylation most readily under mild conditions?1.2. 3.4. NEET 2025 Level Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids Chemistry NEET Practice Questions, MCQs, Past Year Questions (PYQs), NCERT Questions, Question Bank, Class 11 and Class 12 Questions, and PDF solved with answers

Statement I:	Aldehydes react with one equivalent of monohydric alcohol in the presence of dry HCl to yield acetals.
Statement II:	Acetals and ketals are hydrolyzed with aqueous mineral acids to yield corresponding aldehydes and ketones respectively.

Which compound undergoes decarboxylation most readily under mild conditions?

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1.	\(\mathrm{A:DiBAL\text-H,}\) \(\mathrm{B:NaOH\text{ (dil)},}\) \(\mathrm{C:Zn\text-Hg/HCl}\)
2.	\(\mathrm{A:LiAlH_4,}\) \(\mathrm{B:KOH\text{ (alcoholic)},}\) \(\mathrm{C:NH_2\text-NH_2/KOH}\)
3.	\(\mathrm{A:DiBAL\text-H,}\) \(\mathrm{B:NaOH\text{ (dil)},}\) \(\mathrm{C:NH_2\text-NH_2/KOH}\)
4.	\(\mathrm{A:NaBH_4,}\) \(\mathrm{B:KOH\text{ (aqueous)},}\) \(\mathrm{C:Zn\text-Hg/HCl}\)

1.	Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
2.	Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
3.	Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct.
4.	Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect.