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Q. The compound which reacts with excess bromine to produce $2, 4, 6$-tribromophenol, is

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Salicyclic acid reacts with excess bromine to produce $2, 4, 6$-tribromo phenol.
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Firstly bromine gets substituted in place of $COOH$ group. Phenol being highly activating group undergo bromination at all three available positions