Appeared in: 2023 (2 sets)
(a) Account for the following : (i) Phenol is a stronger acid than an alcohol. (ii) The boiling point of alcohols decreases with increase in branching of alkyl chain. OR (b) (i) Write the mechanism of the following reaction : $\text{CH}_3\text{CH}_2\text{OH} \xrightarrow[443 \text{ K}]{\text{H}^+} \text{CH}_2 = \text{CH}_2 + \text{H}_2\text{O}$ (ii) Write the equation involved in Reimer-Tiemann reaction.