Question

What are $X$ and $Y$ in the following reactions?

	X		Y
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

• A. a
• B. b
• C. c
• D. d

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

When phenol treated with chloroform $\left( CHCl _{3}\right)$ in the presence of aqueous sodium hydroxide $(NaOH)$, product will be $2$ -hydroxy benzaldehyde (salicylaldehyde).



When phenol react with $CO _{2}, NaOH$, it gives salicylic acid $(o$ -hydroxy benzoic acid $)$.