The reaction between phenol and chloroform in the presence of aqueous $N a O H$ is?

nucleophilic substitution reaction

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electrophilic addition reaction

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Solution

The correct option is C electrophilic substitution reaction
When phenol gets converted to salicylaldehyde in the presence of $C H C l_{3} + A q . N a O H$ followed by hydrolysis, the reaction is known as Reimer-Tiemann reaction. It is an electrophilic substitution reaction, reaction intermediate dichloro carbene is formed and acts as an electrophile. Hence, the correct answer is option (c).

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