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Phenol treated with chloroform in presence of sodium hydroxide, which further hydrolysed in presence of an acid results
ChemistryAlcohols Phenols and EthersJEE MainJEE Main 2024 (29 Jan Shift 2)
Options:
  • A Salicyclic acid
  • B Benzene-1,2-diol
  • C Benzene-1, 3-diol
  • D 2-Hydroxybenzaldehyde
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 2-Hydroxybenzaldehyde

Chloroform CHCl3 in the presence of an alkali NaOH undergoes formylation of phenol at the ortho-position. This is also called as the Reimer-Tiemann reaction.

Hence, the answer is option D.

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