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Q. In mechanism of Reimer-Tiemann reaction, species involves is

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques

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Reimer-Tiemann reaction involves a carbene intermediate.

$CHCl_{3}+KOH \rightarrow \_{}^{-}CCl_{3} \rightarrow :CCl_{2}+Cl^{-}$