Question

.$\xrightarrow { \mathrm { PhOH } / \mathrm { H } _ { 2 } \mathrm { SO } _ { 4 } / \Delta }$ (P)

• A.
• B.
• C.
• D.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Answer 2

$\longrightarrow$$\longrightarrow$$\xrightarrow { \mathrm { H } ^ { \oplus } }$salicylic acid

$\xrightarrow { \mathrm { PhOH } / \mathrm { H } _ { 2 } \mathrm { SO } _ { 4 } / \Delta }$

Phenoxide ions are so strongly activated that they undergo electrophilic aromatic substitution with CO2, a weak electrophile.