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WHY PHENOL HAS MORE ACIDIC THAN ALCOHOL WITH DIAGRAM

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14 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Swapnil Saxena
14 Years ago

This is becoz the phenoxide anion is stabilised through resonance whereas alkoxide ion  no such phenomeno is observed