Question

On commercial scale phenol is obtained from chlorobenzene. The chlorobenzene needed for the purpose is prepared byRaschig?? process. Which one of the following is Raschig?? process?

• A.
• B.
• C.
• D.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Answer 2

In Raschirg's process, a mixture of benzene vapours, air and hydrogen chloride is passed over heated $CuCl_2$ at $500\,K$ $2C_6H_6 + 2HCl + O_2($ air $) \xrightarrow[500\,K]{CuCl_2}$ $2C_6H_5Cl+ 2H_2O$