(a) How will you obtain the following :
(i) Benzaldehyde from Phenol (ii) Benzoic acid from Aniline
(b) Give reasons :
(i) Aldehydes are more reactive than ketones towards nucleophilic reagents.
(ii) Electrophilic substitution in benzoic acid takes place at meta position.
(iii) Carboxylic acids do not give the characteristic reactions of carbonyl group.

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