JEE Main Chemistry question

Which doesn't form in the acid catalysed rearrangement of cumene hydroperoxide?

(A)Correct
(B)
(C)
(D)

Answer: (A)

Solution

The rearrangement proceeds by protonation of the peroxide oxygen, loss of water to form an electron-deficient oxygen (not a carbon) centre, and a 1,2-phenyl shift from carbon to this oxygen, generating a phenyl-oxocarbenium species that is then hydrolysed to phenol and acetone. The species

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