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COMEDK · Chemistry · 26. Alcohols Phenols and Ethers

The unstable intermediate dichlorocarbene \(\left[: \mathrm{CCl}_{2}\right]\) is formed during

  1. A Kolbe's reaction
  2. B Friedel-Crafts reaction
  3. C Williamson synthesis
  4. D Reimer-Tiemann reaction
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(D) Reimer-Tiemann reaction

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The unstable intermediate \(\left[: \mathrm{CCl}_{2}\right]\) is formed in Reimer-Tiemann reaction which is an electrophilic substitution reaction and occurs through the following steps. (i) Generation of electrophile (ii) Electrophilic substitution
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