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ChemistryAlcohols, Phenols and EthersJEE Main

The following reaction, phenol 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde, is known as **[BCECE 2008]**

Answer: (B)

Solution

Treating phenol with HCN and HCl in the presence of anhydrous (or ) introduces a group onto the activated ring via an imine intermediate that hydrolyses to the aldehyde — this is the

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