Give two reactions that show the acidic nature of phenol. Compare acidity of phenol with that of ethanol.
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The acidic idea of phenol can be spoken to by the accompanying two responses:
(I) Phenol responds with sodium to give sodium phenoxide, freeing H2.
(ii) Phenol responds with sodium hydroxide to give sodium phenoxide and water as results.
The causticity of phenol is more than that of ethanol.
This is on the grounds that subsequent to losing a proton, the phenoxide particle experiences reverberation and gets balanced out while ethoxide particle does not.
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