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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

Give equations of reactions for prepration of phenol from cumene

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9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
Phenol would be prepared by oxidation of the cumene.
It would automatically result in a phenol and a acetone.
Firstly Oxygen molecule would come in b/w the CH group and then acetone would get eliminated.