CUSAT 2022 BTech Solved Paper Shift 1

Question : 82 of 200

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The following statements are on the reactivity of phenols. Pick the WRONG statement.

Bubbling carbon dioxide through a solution of phenol in aqueous sodium hydroxide followed by acidification gives 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (salicylic acid)
Treatment of phenol with chloroform in the presence of sodium hydroxide followed by acidification of the reaction mixture gives 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde (salicylaldehyde)
Phenol on treatment with concentrated nitric acid gives 4-nitrophenol as the only product
Phenol on oxidation with sodium dichromate in the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid gives 1,4-benzoquinone

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