What are A, B and C in the following reactions? Cumene stackrel O 3 arrow A stackrel H 3 O +arrow B+C A B C a C6H5- underset overset|CH3 overset underset|OHC- CH3 C6H5 - CHO CH3CHO b C6H5 - underset overset|CH3CH-O- OH C6H5 - underset overset|CH3CH- OH H2O c C6H5 - underset overset|CH3 overset underset|CH3C-O-OH C6H5 - OH (CH3)2CO d C6H5 - overset underset|CH3CH- CH2 -O - OH C6H5- overset underset|CH3CH - CH2OH H2O

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What are A, B and C in the following reactions? Cumene stackrel O 3 arrow A stackrel H 3 O +arrow B+C A B C a C6H5- underset overset|CH3 overset underset|OHC- CH3 C6H5 - CHO CH3CHO b C6H5 - underset overset|CH3CH-O- OH C6H5 - underset overset|CH3CH- OH H2O c C6H5 - underset overset|CH3 overset underset|CH3C-O-OH C6H5 - OH (CH3)2CO d C6H5 - overset underset|CH3CH- CH2 -O - OH C6H5- overset underset|CH3CH - CH2OH H2O (A) a (B) b (C) c (D) d

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The given reaction proceeds as below: <img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/chemistry/168c568e490a4d1af163c9808fe0c19e-.png" />

	A	B	C
a	$C_{6} H_{5} - C ∣ H_{3} C ∣ O H - C H_{3}$	$C_{6} H_{5} - C H O$	$C H_{3} C H O$
b	$C_{6} H_{5} - C ∣ H_{3} C H - O - O H$	$C_{6} H_{5} - C H ∣_{3} C H - O H$	$H_{2} O$
c	$C_{6} H_{5} - C ∣ H_{3} C ∣ C H_{3} - O - O H$	$C_{6} H_{5} - O H$	$(C H_{3})_{2} CO$
d	$C_{6} H_{5} - C H ∣ C H_{3} - C H_{2} - O - O H$	$C_{6} H_{5} - C H ∣ C H_{3} - C H_{2} O H$	$H_{2} O$

a

b

c

d

The given reaction proceeds as below :