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Introduction to Carboxylic Acids

Phenol can be...

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Phenol can be prepared by:

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Dow's process

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Corey-House synthesis

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Frankland Reaction

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D

Wurtz reaction

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Solution

The correct option is A Dow's process
Phenol can be prepared by Dow's process.
In this reaction, chlorobenzene is heated with sodium hydroxide under pressure to obtain phenol as shown in the reaction below. Hence the correct option is a.

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