JEE Main | 2018Alcohol, Phenol and EtherEasy

Question

Phenol reacts with methyl chloroformate in the presence of NaOH to form product A. A reacts with Br2 to form product B. A and B are respectively :

Options

A.

B.

C.

D.

Solution

 + Cl –C||O– O –Me + NaOH
Methylchloroformate
This step involves acid base reaction at first
followed by SNAE reactions.

This step is called bromination.

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