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Cyanohydrine of the following compound on hydrolysis give optically active compound.

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`CH_(3) - COCH_(3)`
`H - CHO`
`CH_(3) - CHO`
All of these

Solution :`CH_(3) - CHO + HCN to CH_(3) - underset(CN) underset(|) OVERSET(OH) overset(|) (C) -H overset("hydrolysis") to CH_(3) - underset(COOH) underset(|)overset(OH) overset(|) (C) - H`
lactic ACID ( optically active acid)


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