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Write the following reaction: Reimer-Tiemann reaction.

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When phenol reacts with chloroform in the presence of bases , an aldehyde group gets introduced in the ring at a position ortho to the phenolic group and salicylaldehyde is formed. This reaction is called the Reimer-Tiemann reaction.

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