Explain why phenol is more acidic than ethyl alcohol
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However both alcohols and phenols are weak acids , the alcohols are less acidic then phenols because it is very tough to remove the H ion from alcohol.Phenol can lose ion easily because phenoxide ion formed is stabilised to some extent,This is as the negative charge on the oxygen atom is delocalised around the ring i.e having a cyclic structure in phenol helps it stay stable even after hydrogen is removed.
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Phenoxide ion in phenol undergoes resonance stabilization. Therefore the conjugate base of phenol is more stable than that of ethyl alcohol.
Acidity ∝stability of conjugate base
Hence phenol is more acidic than ethyl alcohol.
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