Question

carboxylic acid is more acidic than phenol why​

Answer 1

Answer:

Solution -

• in case of phenols, negative charge is less effectively delocalized over one oxygen atom and less electronegative carbon atoms in phenoxide ion. 

• the carboxylate ion exhibits higher stability in comparison to phenoxide ion. Hence, the carboxylic acids are more acidic than phenols.

Answer 2

Phenol is more acidic than cyclohexanol and acyclic alcohols because the phenoxide ion is more stable than the alkoxide ion . In contrast to organic acids such as carboxlic acids phenols react with aqueous sodium bicarbonate to form carbon dioxide gas and a carboxylate anion