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How this happen that Meta is very stable???? Plz solve my doubt in phenols

How this happen that Meta is very stable???? 
Plz solve my doubt in phenols
 

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paru jamwal
16 Points
3 years ago
m-hydroxyphenol(resorcinol) is more stable as compare to ortho and para because OH group at meta position ,it cannot push electrons into the O-H bond in turn ,negative charge cannot move to the carbon atom to which O-h group is attached, it exert only -I effect .

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