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Explain Kolbe's reaction with one example.

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Kolbe's reaction :$ When phenol is treated with sodium hydroxide, sodium phenoxide is produced, which on treating with carbon dioxide, followed by acidification, undergoest electrophilic substitution to give a hydroxybenzene acid as the main product.
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