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MHT CET2007ChemistryGeneral Organic Chemistry

Phenols are more acidic than alcohols because

Options

  1. Aphenoxide ion is stabilised by resonance
  2. Bphenols are more soluble in polar solvents
  3. Cphenoxides ions do not exhibit resonance
  4. Dalcohols do not lose H atoms at all

Correct answer

A. phenoxide ion is stabilised by resonance

Step-by-step solution

Phenol is more acidic than alcohol because phenoxide ion is stabilised by resonance

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