Give two reactions that show the acidic nature of phenol. Compare acidity of phenol with that of ethanol.
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when phenol react sodium it give sodium phenoxide and liberate hydrogen ions. This show the acidic character of phenol. phenol is more acidic than ethanol because the phenoxide ion formed by phenol undergo resonance stabilisation but ethoxide ion formed by ethanol does not undergo resonance stabilisation.
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