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Salicylic acid can be prepared using Reimer-Tiemann's reaction by treating phenol with [KCET 1989]

A) Methyl chloride in the presence of anhydrous aluminium chloride

B) Carbon dioxide under pressure in sodium hydroxide solution

C) Carbon tetrachloride and concentrated sodium hydroxide

D) Sodium nitrite and a few drops of concentrated sulphuric acid

Correct Answer: C

Solution :

           \[+\,CC{{l}_{4}}+4NaOH\to 4NaCl+2{{H}_{2}}O+\]