Answer: A
The compound is 4-methylphenol (p-cresol). In the Reimer-Tiemann reaction dichlorocarbene attacks the phenoxide ring at an ortho position, since para is blocked by the methyl group. After hydrolysis the product is 2-hydroxy-5-methylbenzaldehyde. The acid is the Kolbe-Schmitt type product, and the formyl group is not meta to the hydroxyl.