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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryAlcohols, Phenols and EthersJEE Main

Chlorobenzene is converted to phenol (, via hydrolysis with at high temperature and pressure), then to sodium phenoxide (), and finally, via the Kolbe–Schmidt reaction with followed by acidification, to salicylic acid (2-hydroxybenzoic acid, ). How many bonds are present in the final product ?

Answer: 4

Solution

Salicylic acid has an aromatic benzene ring, contributing three bonds, plus the

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