Phenols do not react with:

Sodium bicarbonate

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Sodium hydroxide

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Potassium hydroxide

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Ferric chloride

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Solution

The correct option is D Sodium bicarbonate
Phenols are weakly acidic and bicarbonate ions are not strong enough to take the $H^{+}$ from phenols.

Hence, it behaves differently from other acids in that it does not react with sodium bicarbonate.

Option A is correct.

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