Phenols Preparation Properties

Phenol in a set of reactions (as captured below) yielded a product Z.



The structure of the product Z would be:

1.	Toluene	2.	Benzaldehyde
3.	Benzoic acid	4.	Benzene

The most acidic compound among the following is:

1.		2.
3.		4.

The reaction of phenol with chloroform in the presence of dilute sodium hydroxide finally introduces a functional group X. The X is:

1.	-CH2Cl	2.	-COOH
3.	-CHCl2	4.	-CHO

The most acidic compound among the following is:

1.		2.
3.		4.

The structure of intermediate A in the following reaction is:

1.		2.
3.		4.

The most reactive compound among the following for electrophilic aromatic substitution is:

1.		2.
3.		4.

The most acidic compound among the following is:

1.		2.
3.		4.

Given below are two statements:

I:	The acidic strength of monosubstituted nitrophenol is higher than phenol because of electron withdrawing nitro group.
II:	o-Nitrophenol, m-nitrophenol and p-nitrophenol will have same acidic strength as they have one nitro group attached to the phenolic ring.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

1.	I is incorrect but II is correct.
2.	Both I and II are correct.
3.	Both I and II are incorrect.
4.	I is correct but II is incorrect.