Chemistry · Organic Chemistry
In the Reimer-Tiemann reaction of phenol with chloroform and aqueous sodium hydroxide, the electrophile involved is:
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- 1Dichloromethyl anion (-CHCl2)
- 2Dichlorocarbene (:CCl2)✓
- 3Formyl cation (+CHO)
- 4Dichloromethyl cation (+CHCl2)
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Dichlorocarbene (:CCl2)
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