Phenol is heated with CCl 4 and alk. KOH to form salicylic acid. The reaction is known as:

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Phenol is heated with CCl4 and alk. KOH to form salicylic acid. The reaction is known as:
  1. Friedel-Crafts reaction
  2. Rosenmund reaction
  3. Reimer-Tiemann reaction
  4. Perkin’s reaction

Answer

(C) Reimer-Tiemann reaction

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