“…The direct hydroxylation of aromatic compounds to its corresponding phenols is a challenging task in synthetic organic chemistry. Phenols constitute an important class of biologically active compounds owing to their antibacterial, antihyperglycemic, antitumor, antiviral, antitumor, antimutagenicity, pro-oxidant, and cardioprotective properties. , Phenols and their derivatives are commonly used in industries and companies for the synthesis of fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals. , Phenolic motifs are also present in various natural products, such as terpenoids, macrolides, quinines, alkaloids, and aryl steroids. , Due to their prevalent importance, dedicated efforts have been put forward to ease the synthesis of phenols. To date, different approaches have been utilized for the synthesis of phenolic compounds like nucleophilic substitution of aryl halides by hydroxyl group, C–H aryl ring oxidation and hydrolysis of diazonium salts, hydroxylation of aryl halides using hydroxide salts, hydroxylation of aryl halides, and so on. − However, the use of toxic solvents, homogeneous catalysts, harsh reaction conditions, and expensive metal-based catalysts, tedious reaction workups, and longer reaction time made these processes undesirable for large scale applications. , …”