Every question from past board papers on Phenols: acidity, electrophilic substitution, Reimer-Tiemann, newest paper first. Open any question for its full worked answer.
Given below are two statements :
Statement I :
The acidic strength of monosubstituted nitrophenol is higher than phenol because of electron withdrawing nitro group.
Statement II :
\(o\)-nitrophenol, \(m\)-nitrophenol and \(p\)-nitrophenol will have same acidic strength as they have one nitro group attached to the phenolic ring.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
The structure of intermediate A in the following reaction, is :
[Reaction: cumene (isopropylbenzene) \(\xrightarrow{O_2}\) A \(\xrightarrow[H_2O]{H^+}\) phenol + acetone]
In the reaction
[phenol + CHCl\(_3\) + NaOH \(\rightarrow\) sodium salicylaldehyde (o-O\(^-\)Na\(^+\) C\(_6\)H\(_4\) CHO), shown as a structure]
the electrophile involved is
Mixture of chloroxylenol and terpineol acts as :
Which one is the most acidic compound ?
