Phenol on heating with alcoholic KOH and chloroform - undergoes

Question

Phenol on heating with alcoholic KOH and chloroform - undergoes (A) Reimer-Tiemann reaction (B) Kolbe reaction (C) Gattermann reaction (D) Cannizzaro reaction

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Phenol on heating with alcoholic KOH and chloroform to give salicylaldehyde. This reaction is known as Reimer-Tiemann reaction.

Q. Phenol on heating with alcoholic $K O H$ and chloroform - undergoes

Reimer-Tiemann reaction

Kolbe reaction

Gattermann reaction

Cannizzaro reaction

Phenol on heating with alcoholic $K O H$ and chloroform to give salicylaldehyde. This reaction is known as Reimer-Tiemann reaction.

Q. Phenol on heating with alcoholic KOH and chloroform - undergoes