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By heating phenol, with chloroform in alkali, it is converted into
ChemistryAlcohols Phenols and EthersCOMEDKCOMEDK 2018
Options:
  • A salicylic acid
  • B salicylaldehyde
  • C anisole
  • D phenyl benzoate
Solution:
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The correct answer is: salicylaldehyde
Phenol on heating with chloroform in alkali get converted into salicylaldehyde.
This reaction is called Reimer-Tiemann reaction.


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