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Phenoxide being stable than phenol still undergoes Kolbe's rxn. Why?​

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Answered by ItzMADARA
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In Kolbe's reaction, phenols react with sodium hydroxide to form sodium phenoxide. Phenoxide ion is more reactive towards elctrophilic aromatic substitution than phenol. Hence, phenoxide ion reacts with carbon dioxide to form salicylic acid as the major product.

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