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JEE Main 2024Alcohols Phenols and Ethers Question with Solution

JEE Main 2024 (05 Apr Shift 1)

Question

Consider the given chemical reaction sequence :
Total sum of oxygen atoms in Product A and Product B are _______

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Show full solutionCorrect answer: 14
Correct answer
14

Step-by-step explanation

Picric acid is prepared by treating phenol first with concentrated sulphuric acid which converts it to phenol-2,4-disulphonic acid and then with concentrated nitric acid to get 2, 4, 6 trinitrophenol.

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