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Conversion of phenylacetic acid into phenol is an example of
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The correct answer is  Primary alcohols can be oxidised to make aldehydes, which can then be oxidised to carboxylic acids. Phenols and carboxylic acids can't be oxidised as they don't have a hydrogen atom on the carbon atom to which the OH group is attached.