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  4. Phenol + CCl 4+ KOH longrightarrow X , X is :

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Q. Phenol $+ CCl _{4}+ KOH \longrightarrow X , X$ is :

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Solution:

This reaction is called Reimer-Teimann reaction. This is an example of electrophillic substitution in which dichlorocarbene (: $CCl _{2}$ ) acts as electrophile.

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