If links of that kind realiability would satisfy you,
task for students:
http://www.tutorvista.com/content/chemistry/chemistry-iii/hydrocarbons/benzene-preparation.phphttp://www.most.gov.mm/techuni/media/ECh2011_Tex.pdf(b) Write equations for the following:
i. Phenol reacts with NaOH
ii. Phenol reacts with bromine
iii. Phenol distilled with zinc dust
iv. Phenol heated with NH3 and ZnCl2
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4523/benzene.jpg (taken from
www.ilc.edu.hk/SubjectWeb/ChemWeb/Ppt/Benzene%20and%20substitution%20reactions.ppt )
If you want an original refference, i think this can help (taken form
http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/prep.asp?rxntypeid=116&prep=CV6P0150)
Other procedures include zinc-dust distillation, not generally useful except for exhaustive degradation of phenols to hydrocarbons, and various sodium and liquid ammonia cleavages of phenol ethers.[3,4,5,6,7] These latter reactions lack generality and are often unpredictable. They require conditions too harsh for certain aromatic substituents, and the yields are frequently low.
[3] W. H. Pirkle and J. L. Zabriskie, J. Org. Chem., 29, 3124 (1964) and references cited therein.
[4] Y. K. Sawa, N. Tsuji, and S. Maeda, Tetrahedron, 15, 144, 154 (1961); Y. K. Sawa, N. Tsuji, K. Okabe, and T. Miyamoto, Tetrahedron, 21, 1121 (1965); Y. K. Sawa and J. Irisawa, Tetrahedron, 21, 1129 (1965); Y. K. Sawa, M. Horiuchi, and K. Tanaka, Tetrahedron, 21, 1133 (1965).
[5] P. A. Sartoretto and F. J. Sowa, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 59, 603 (1937); A. L. Kranzfelder, J. J. Verbanc, and F. J. Sowa, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 59, 1488 (1937); F. C. Weber and F. J. Sowa, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 60, 94 (1938).
[6] M. Tomita, H. Furukawa, S.-T. Lu, and S. M. Kupchan, Tetrahedron Lett., 4309 (1965).
[7] E. J. Strojny, J. Org. Chem., 31, 1662 (1966).
I suppose, link [3] is the original refference for reduction of phenol with Zn