Question

give reason phenols are acidic in nature ?​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Phenol is a very weak acid and the position of equilibrium lies well to the left.

Phenol can lose a hydrogen ion because the phenoxide ion formed is stabilised to some extent. The negative charge on the oxygen atom is delocalised around the ring. The more stable the ion is, the more likely it is to form.

One of the lone pairs on the oxygen atom overlaps with the delocalised electrons on the benzene ring.