Question

Identify the final product '$W$' in the given reaction sequence


$\stackrel{\text{Conc.}HN{O}_3}{\to }\underset{\text{Major product}}{P}\stackrel{Sn/HCl}{\to }Q\stackrel{A{c}_{2}O}{\to }R\stackrel{HN{O}_3}{\to }S\stackrel{HOH/\stackrel{\oplus }{H}}{\to }T\underset{(ii)C_2{H}_{5}OH/\Delta }{\overset{(i)NaN{O}_2/HCl}{\to }}U\stackrel{Sn/HCl}{\to }V\underset{(ii)HOH/\Delta }{\overset{(i)NaN{O}_2/HCl}{\to }}W$

• A. Ortho-methyl phenol
• B. Meta-methyl phenol
• C. Toluene
• D. Meta-nitro toluene

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

In the given sequence of reactions the final product is Meta-methyl phenol