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Explain acidity of phenol and carboxylic acid?which is more acidic and why

Explain acidity of phenol and carboxylic acid?which is more acidic and why

Grade:12th pass

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S.Neha
23 Points
6 years ago
in resonating structures COO- ion -ve charge present on both the oxygens. In phenoxide ion  negative charge on Oxygen and Carbon. _ve charge on more electronegative atom is more stable. More delocalization of negative charge results in more acidic. Hence benzoic acid is more acidic than phenol.  
Gurmeet
46 Points
6 years ago
Benzoic acid is more acidic than phenol because of the high stability of anionin resonating structures COO- ion -ve charge present on both the oxygens. In phenoxide ion negative charge on Oxygen and Carbon. _ve charge on more electronegative atom is more stable. More delocalization of negative charge results in more acidic. Hence benzoic acid is more acidic than phenol.

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