Nucleophilic aromatic substitution provides one of the common methods for making phenols. (Another method is discussed in

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Nucleophilic aromatic substitution provides one of the common methods for making phenols. (Another method is discussed in Section 19-17.) Show how you would synthesize the following phenols, using benzene or toluene as your aromatic starting material, and explain why mixtures of products would be obtained in some cases.
(a) p-nitrophenol
(b) 2, 4, 6-tribromophenol
(c) p-chlorophenol
(d) m-cresol
(e) p-n-butylphenol
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321768414

8th edition

Authors: L. G. Wade Jr.

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