Engineering
Chemistry
Test of alcohol
Chemical reactions of phenol
Functional group tests
Question

Which of the following can be used as laboratory test for phenol

It gives purple colour with neutral FeCl3

It gives yellow ppt. with NaOH I2

It gives silver mirror with Tollen's reagent

It gives effervescene of CO2 with NaHCO3

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Solution

Phenol gives a characteristic purple colour with neutral FeCl3 Since it is an enol.