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Phenol when treated with excess of bromine water gives a white precipitate of

A

m-bromophenol

B

o-and-p-bromophenol

C

2, 4-dibromophenol

D

2, 4, 5-tribromophenol

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This reaction is famously called the bromine water test and also comprises one of the confirmatory tests of phenol. The white ppt of 2, 4, 6-tribromophenol is formed due formation of the strongly activating phenoxide ion in polar solvents such as water. The reaction is
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