Phenols react with ferric chloride solution to give:

Blue colouration

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Purple colouration

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Green Colouration

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All of these

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Solution

The correct option is B Purple colouration

Hence, the correct answer is option (b).

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Which of the following statements are correct for phenol?

I. Phenol is more acidic than alcohol

II. Phenol is used in the production of melamine plastic

III. Phenol gives violet colour with neutral ferric chloride solution

IV. Phenol when heated with acetyl chloride gives phenetole

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