Treatment of p-hydroxybenzoic acid with aqueous bromine leads to the evolution of carbon dioxide and the formation

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Treatment of p-hydroxybenzoic acid with aqueous bromine leads to the evolution of carbon dioxide and the formation of 2, 4, 6-tribromophenol. Explain.
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0072905014

4th edition

Authors: Francis A. Carey

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