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what happens when phenol reacts with chloroform and NAOH followed by hydrolysis??

what happens when phenol reacts with chloroform and NAOH followed by hydrolysis??

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Anjali Ahuja
askIITians Faculty 234 Points
9 years ago
Hello Student
When phenol treated with chloroform in the presence of aqueous sodium hydroxide(base) at 340 K temperature followed by hydrolysis yields 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde also called as salicylaldehyde and reaction called as Reimer-Tiemann reaction. The reaction is shown below.261-833_reimer-tiemann-reaction.png
sagar
11 Points
5 years ago
this reaction is sname reaction reimer taimer reaction. questions are asked directly and one can easily tackel them by knowing the reactants and medium in which it takes place. so here it goes
reactant- phenol
medium-chloroform and aq. naoh 
type of reaction – electrophilic substitution 
attacking electrophile- :ccl2
 

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