Conversion of chlorobenzene to phenol involves?

electrophilic substitution

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nucleophilic substitution

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free radical substitution

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electrophilic addition

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Solution

The correct option is C nucleophilic substitution
Here the nucleophile $- O H$ is substituted in place of $- C l$ . Hence the reaction is known as nucleophilic substitution

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