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JEE Mains · Chemistry · STD 12 - 7. Alcohol, phenol and ethers

Consider the given chemical reaction sequence : Total sum of oxygen atoms in Product \(A\) and Product \(B\) are _______.

  1. A \(10\)
  2. B \(11\)
  3. C \(15\)
  4. D \(14\)
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(D) \(14\)

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Picric acid is prepared by treating phenol first with concentrated sulphuric acid which converts it to phenol\(-2,4-\)disulphonic acid and then with concentrated nitric acid to get \(2,4,6\) trinitrophenol.
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