Question #144550

Explain why alcohol is a weakly acidic than phenol?

Expert's answer

Phenol is stronger acid because the phenoxide ion stabilized by delocalization negative charge on the oxygen atom on the benzene ring, so for dissociation, it needed less energy. 


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