Question

What happens when phenol is heated with zn dust give chemical equation?

Answer 1

The phenol gets converted into phenoxide ion and proton thus released accepts an electron from forming radical. In this way zinc forms zinc oxide and phenyl radical thus produced forms a bond with radical. However the yield of this reaction used for benzene formation is lower.

Answer 2

when phenol heated with Zn dust it form's benzene
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