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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryAlcohols, Phenols and EthersJEE Main

Phenol is heated with and alcoholic KOH, when salicylaldehyde is produced. The reaction is known as:

Answer: (B)

Solution

Treating phenol with chloroform and alcoholic KOH, generating a dichlorocarbene electrophile that attacks the activated (ortho-directed, via the

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