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When phenol is treated with CHCl_(3) and NaOH followed by acidification, salicylaldehye is obtained. Which of the following species are involved in the abvoe mentioned reaction as intermediate?

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SOLUTION :Being a phenol (i.e., ACIDIC) cannot exist in basic MEDIUM while (c) will UNDERGO tautomerism to

thus, SPECIES (a) and (d) are involved in the above reaction.


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