Paper 3 · Organic Chemistry
With which reagent do phenol and phenylamine give similar reactions?
A
B
C
D
Explanation: The marking scheme gives answer A. Both phenol and phenylamine react with bromine water () to give white precipitates (tribromophenol and tribromophenylamine respectively) — electrophilic substitution activated by the -OH and - groups.
ZIMSEC Chemistry Paper 3, June 2009, Q15
