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The electrophile involved in above reaction has ____lone pair of electrons on central carbon atom.

Alcohols Phenols and Ethers

Solution:

This is Reimer-Tiemann reaction.
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The electrophile dichlorocarbene $\left(: CCl _{2}\right)$ possesses one lone pair of electrons.