Question
Chemistry Question on Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
The formation of salicylaldehyde with phenol and chloroform in the presence of NaOH at 340 K and then hydrolysis is called
A
Kolbe�s reaction
B
Schotten-Baumann reaction
C
Hofmann ammonolysis reaction
D
Reimer-Tiemann reaction
Answer
Reimer-Tiemann reaction
Explanation
Solution
The formylation reaction of highly reactive aromatic substrate such as phenol using chloroform and NaOH is the Reimer- Tiemann reaction.