Four hydroxy compounds have functional groups as shown $|$ $(A) - CH_{2}OH(B) - CHOH(C)\phi - OH\ (D)\phi - CHOH$ $|$ The purple colour with $FeCl_{3}$ will be given by

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Phenol gives violet colouration with ferric chloride solution due to the formation of a coloured iron complex, which is a characteristic to the existence of keto-enol tautomerism in phenols

Q. Four hydroxy compounds have functional groups as shown $|$ $(A) - CH_{2}OH(B) - CHOH(C)\phi - OH\ (D)\phi - CHOH$ $|$ The purple colour with $FeCl_{3}$ will be given by

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