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Q. Assertion: Phenol reacts with $CH_3I$ in presence of NaOH to form methoxybenzene.
Reason : Phenoxide is better nucleophile than phenol.

AIIMSAIIMS 2019Alcohols Phenols and Ethers

Solution:

As the phenoxide ion $\left( C _{6} H _{5}- O ^{-}\right)$is a better nucleophile than phenol $\left( C _{6} H _{5}- OH \right)$, it reacts with $CH _{3}I$ in presence of $NaOH$ to form methoxybenzene.