Engineering
Chemistry
Chemical reactions of phenol
Electrophilic substitution
Question
For the identification of β-naphthol using dye test, it is necessary to use
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Solution
In alkaline solution it exists as anion which is very strongly activated towards AES reaction so dye formation takes place.