(a)[3]
Explain why bromination happens much more readily for phenol than for benzene.
(b)[1]
Iodine monobromide, $\text{I-Br}$, reacts with benzene in the presence of an $\text{AlBr}_3$ catalyst. Decide whether the organic product will be bromobenzene or iodobenzene. Explain your answer.
(c(i))[1]
Fig. 7.1 shows several reactions of phenol. Give an equation for the reaction of phenol with $\text{Na(s)}$.
(c)
Fig. 7.1 illustrates several reactions of phenol.
(c(ii))[1]
Draw the structure of the organic product, $R$, produced when phenol reacts with excess $\text{Br}_2(\text{aq})$.
(c(iii))[2]
State the reagents and conditions for reaction 1 and for reaction 2 in Fig. 7.1.