Q. Oxalic acid when reduced with zinc and $H_{2}SO_{4}$ gives
A) Glyoxalic acid
B) Glyoxal
C) Glycolic acid
D) glycol
Explanation
(c)
Oxalic acid is reduced by Zn and $H_{2}SO_{4}$ to give glycolic acid
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