How will you prepare the following compounds from benzene? You may use any inorganic reagent and any organic reagent having not more than one carbon atom
Phenylacetic acid
after friedel craft acylation of benzene it will form toluene, after bromination with NBS it forms benzyl bromide, when benzyl bromide reacts with Alc.KCN benzyl cyanide forms . Acidic hydration it forms phenylacetic acid.
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