JEE Main 202228 JulyEvening Shift
- Exam
- JEE Main
- Year
- 2022
- Date
- 28 July
- Shift
- Evening Shift
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- Alcohols Phenols and Ethers
JEE Main 2022 · 28 July · Evening Shift · Chemistry · Alcohols Phenols and Ethers
Compound I is heated with Conc. HI to give a hydroxy compound A...
Compound is heated with Conc. to give a hydroxy compound A which is further heated with dust to give compound . Identify and .
Options
- A

- B

- C

- D

Correct answer
D. 
Step-by-step solution
Alkyl aryl ethers are cleaved at the alkyl-oxygen bond due to the more stable aryl-oxygen bond. The reaction yields phenol and alkyl halide.
And then Phenol is converted to benzene on heating with zinc dust.