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ques- why phenol is more acidic than ethyl alcohol?

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Harsha Vardhan
38 Points
8 years ago
in phenolf after the loss of h+(it should release h+ to show acidic behaviour) the o- is in conjugation with the benzene ring making it more stable than the structure you get after the loss of h+ in ethyl alcohol. so as to get more stability phenol losses h+ faster than ethyl alcohol ☺

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