Thursday 21 May 2015

organic chemistry - Reaction of phenol with Zinc dust




I have seen this reaction many times:



$\text {Phenol}+\text{Zn}\ce {->}\text{Benzene}+\text{ZnO} $



But what is the mechanism?! Tried a lot but couldn't cook up one...


Thanks for any help...




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