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Preparation of Alcohols from Grignard Reagents

Salicylic aci...

Question

Salicylic acid is produced when phenol in alcoholic KOH is treated with ___________.

C H_{3} C l

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C H C l_{3}

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C H_{2} C l_{2}

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C C l_{4}

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Solution

The correct option is D $C C l_{4}$
Proceedes by the formation of dichloro carbene and then substitution of $- O H$ in place of $C l_{2}$ times and then removal of water to form Salicyclic acid.

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