Sankalp C.

asked • 04/06/18

phenol+hcl+hcn

phenol + hcl +hcn →

J.R. S.

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Not sure if you are referring the Gattermann reaction, which requires a Lewis acid. like AlCl3 or ZnCl2.  If so, it would be 
pheno + HCN +HCl + ZnCl2 ==>phenol with CH=NH para to the phenolic OH and the => phenol with CHO para to the phenolic OH.  Sorry I can't easily draw these structures.
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04/06/18

Sankalp C.

It is Gattermann reaction or Gattermann koch formylation
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04/06/18

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