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Q. Which of the following reagents will produce salicylaldehyde on reaction with phenol?

Delhi UMET/DPMTDelhi UMET/DPMT 2004

Solution:

This reaction is Reimer-Tiemann reaction with $CHCl _{3}$ and aq.
alkali $( NaOH )$ phenol gives salicylaldehyde and with $CCl _{4}$ and $NaOH$ phenol gives salicylic acid.

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