12.6 Chemical Reactions of Alcohols and Phenols (i) Reactions Involving Cleavage of O-H Bond- Acidity of Alcohols and Phenols, Esterification (ii) Reactions involving cleavage of C-O Bond- Reactions with HX, PX3, Dehydration and Oxidation (iii) Reactions of Phenols- Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution, Kolbe’s Reaction, Reimer-Tiemann Reaction, Reaction with Zinc Dust, Oxidation