JEE Main Chemistry question

By heating phenol with chloroform in alkali, it is converted into **[Jamia Millia Islamia 2008]**

(A)Salicylic acid
(B)SalicyladehydeCorrect
(C)Anisole
(D)Phenyl benzoate

Answer: (B)

Solution

This is the Reimer–Tiemann reaction: phenol reacts with chloroform and alkali (via the dichlorocarbene intermediate) to introduce a group ortho to the , giving

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