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Compound (A) C_(5)H_(5)O_(2) liberated carbon dioxide on reaction with sodium bicarbonate. It exists in two forms neither of which is optically active. It yields compound (B) C_(5)H_(10)O_(2) on hydrogenation. Compound (B) can be separated into two enantiomorphs Write the structural formulae of (A) and (B) giving reason

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