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Do o-fluorophenols show +R effect? If it is so, then why they are more acidic than phenols?

Do o-fluorophenols show +R effect? If it is so, then why they are more acidic than phenols?

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Arun
25750 Points
6 years ago
Dear Mehak
 
Whenever an electronegative group is present in ortho/para position, it increases acidity of the material(here it is p-flourophenol). It attracts electron density of the armotic ring towards itself, eventually decreasing electron density on the oxyzen atom of O-H group. It also helps to stabilise the anion (O–) via resonance through aromatic ring.
 
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Arun (askIITians forum expert)

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