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Reaction of phenol with chloroform/sodium hydroxide to give o- hydroxy benzaldehyde involves the formation of

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Dichloro carbene
Trichloro carbene
Chlorine atoms
Chlorine melcules

Solution :This is Reimer-Tiemann REACTION where the electrophile is DICHLOROCARBENE `(:"CC"l_(2))` generated from chloroform by the action of a base.
`OH^(-)+CHCl_(3) hArr HOH+:"CC"l_(2)^(-) to CL^(-)+:"CC"l_(2)`


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