explain with mechanism why phenol is an acid but ethanol is a base
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● Phenol in dissolving with water produces Hydrogen (H+) ions. Thus it is an acid.
● Ethanol in dissolving with water produces Hydroxyl (OH-) ions. Thus it is a base.
● Ethanol in dissolving with water produces Hydroxyl (OH-) ions. Thus it is a base.
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When a phenol molecule will lose hydrogen ion then it will result in the formation of a phenoxide ion, that is, .
- This phenoxide ion is resonance stabilized and hence, it is acidic in nature.
- On the other hand, when a ethanol molecule will lose its hydrogen ion then it will form a ion.
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