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ChemistryAlcohols, Phenols and EthersJEE Main

Phenol does **not** react with

Answer: (C)

Solution

Phenol (pKa ≈ 10) is too weak an acid to be deprotonated by bicarbonate (too weak a base, conjugate acid carbonic acid

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