Salicyl aldehyde is obtained when phenol is heated with CHCl_3 and aqueous NaOH. This reaction is known by which name? **[Guj CET 2009]**

JEE Main Chemistry question

Salicyl aldehyde is obtained when phenol is heated with and aqueous NaOH. This reaction is known by which name? **[Guj CET 2009]**

(A)Carbyl amine reaction
(B)Hofmann's reaction
(C)Reimer-Tiemann reactionCorrect
(D)Kolbe-Schmidt reaction

Answer: (C)

Solution

Heating phenol with chloroform and aqueous NaOH, proceeding through a dichlorocarbene intermediate that attacks the activated phenoxide ring, is specifically the Reimer–Tiemann reaction, giving salicylaldehyde

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