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Chlorobenzene is heated with aqueous $NaOH$ at 623 K and 300 atm, and the product is then acidified. The final product is

Abenzene
Bchlorophenol
Cphenol
Dcyclohexanol

Answer: C

This is the Dow process. Under these forcing conditions

OH X^{-}

displaces

Cl X^{-}

to give sodium phenoxide. Acidification protonates the phenoxide to give phenol.

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