MOTW update: September 25, 2023. Benzoic acid 1 is the simplest aromatic carboxylic acid and a commonly used preservative in foods and a snowflake mimic in holiday snow globes.. This past August, ...

On drastic oxidation with chromic acid, it gives a carboxylic acid (B) having molecular formula C 7 H 6 O 2. Identify the compounds (A) and (B) and explain the reactions involved.