Assertion: Phenol reacts with CH3I in presence of NaOH to form methoxybenzene. Reason: Phenoxide is better nucleophile than phenol.

Question

Assertion: Phenol reacts with CH3I in presence of NaOH to form methoxybenzene. Reason: Phenoxide is better nucleophile than phenol. (A) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion (B) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion (C) If assertion is true but reason is false (D) If both assertion and reason are false

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

As the phenoxide ion ( C 6 H 5- O -)is a better nucleophile than phenol ( C 6 H 5- OH ), it reacts with CH 3I in presence of NaOH to form methoxybenzene.

Q. Assertion: Phenol reacts with $C H_{3} I$ in presence of NaOH to form methoxybenzene.
Reason : Phenoxide is better nucleophile than phenol.

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

If assertion is true but reason is false

If both assertion and reason are false

As the phenoxide ion $(C_{6} H_{5} - O^{-})$ is a better nucleophile than phenol $(C_{6} H_{5} - O H)$ , it reacts with $C H_{3} I$ in presence of $N a O H$ to form methoxybenzene.

Q. Assertion: Phenol reacts with CH3​I in presence of NaOH to form methoxybenzene. Reason : Phenoxide is better nucleophile than phenol.