MHT CET 2025 Chemistry question

Phenol on reaction with aqueous solution of bromine gives

(A)o-Bromophenol
(B)m-Bromophenol
(C)p-Bromophenol
(D)2,4,6-tribromophenolCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

The group strongly activates the benzene ring and directs the incoming electrophile to the ortho and para positions. In a polar solvent like water (bromine water), phenol ionises partly to the highly activated phenoxide ion, so all three ortho and para positions are brominated at once and a white

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