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What will happen when phenol is heated with leadoxide

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For example, Phenol is oxidised to 1,4-benzoquinone with chromic acid in the presence of concentrated sulphuric acid. Mechanism is as follows: In the first step, Deprotonation of phenol leads to phenoxide ION which is TRANSFORMED into a phenoxy RADICAL by a one-electron OXIDATION.



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