Explain why phenol has smaller dipolemoment than methanol?
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In methanol the electron density is more towards the oxygen atom as in
methanol c atom is sp3 hybridization but for phenol it has sp2 hybridisation so its carbon atom is more stable than methanol and can pull the electron towards its nucleus besides +I effect it also have +R effect in which there is the dislocation of the lone pair of electron on oxygen atom. so that why phenol has smaller dipole moment than methanol.
methanol c atom is sp3 hybridization but for phenol it has sp2 hybridisation so its carbon atom is more stable than methanol and can pull the electron towards its nucleus besides +I effect it also have +R effect in which there is the dislocation of the lone pair of electron on oxygen atom. so that why phenol has smaller dipole moment than methanol.
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