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Which of these compounds gives a violet colour with neutral ferric chloride solution?
A
ethanol
B
anisole
C
phenol
D
cyclohexanol
Answer: C
Phenols form a coloured (violet) complex with
Fe
X
3
+
. Alcohols and ethers have no phenolic
−
OH
and give no colour.
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