NCERT Exercise 8.14 - Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
Question: How will you prepare the following compounds from benzene? You may use any inorganic reagent and any organic reagent having not more than one carbon atom (i) Methyl benzoate (ii) m-Nitrobenzoic acid (iii) p-Nitrobenzoic acid (iv) Phenylacetic acid (v) p-Nitrobenzaldehyde.
Answer: Work from the relevant NCERT mechanism, definition, or quantitative relation for this exercise.
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