Question

Sodium phenoxide reacts with $CO_2$ at 400 K and 4.7 atm pressure to give

• A. Sodium salicylate
• B. Salicylaldehyde
• C. Catechol
• D. Benzoic acid

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Sodium salicylate

Answer 2

The reaction is called Kolbe- Schmidt reaction.