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Which compound gives a violet colour with neutral solution?

  1. Aethanol
  2. Bbenzyl alcohol
  3. Cphenol
  4. Danisole

Answer: C

Phenols form coloured iron(III) phenoxide complexes, violet for phenol itself. Alcohols and aryl ethers lack a phenolic OH and give no such colour.
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