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How would you synthesise 4-methoxyphenol from
bromobenzene in not more than five steps? State clearly the
reagents used in each step and show the structure of the intermediate compounds in your synthetic scheme.

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Reagents are (1) NaOH/high temperature and pressure (2) `Me_(2)SO_(4)` (3) conc. `H_(2)SO_(4)` (4) Fusion with NaOH (5) `H_(3)O^(+)`
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  16. Match the reactions in Column I with appropriate options in Column II.

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