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plz check solution to following problem which is more acidic of phenol or 1hydroxycyclo1hexene. ans. 1hydroxy cyclo1hexene because when lone pair of oxygen in phenol goes in resonance distrubs the aromaticity of ring as conjugation comes out of the ring.

plz check solution to following problem


which is more acidic of


phenol or 1hydroxycyclo1hexene.


ans. 1hydroxy cyclo1hexene because when lone pair of oxygen in phenol goes in resonance distrubs the aromaticity of ring as conjugation comes out of the ring.

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vikas askiitian expert
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13 years ago

phenol should be more acidic coz after losing H+ ,it becomes phenoxide ion and is stable due to resonance ...here we get more number of resonating structures as compared to 1 hydroxy cyclohexene...

more is the stablity of cunjugate base ,more is the acidity...

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