Question

Orgo II Mini-Tutorial: HVZ reaction

Answer 1

\({\bf{Overview:}}\) the Hell-Volhard-Zelinski (yes, that's what it's actually called) reaction involves a a carboxylic acid (with alpha hydrogens) reacting with phosphorus to halogenate the acid at the alpha carbon

Answer 2

\({\bf{Synthetic~Applications:}}\) this method can be used to synthesize alpha-hydroxy acids and alpha-amino acids

Answer 3

Anyway, that's the end of my tutorial, I hope it was a helpful resource. Source material is Organic Chemistry 12th edition by Solomons, et. al.