Question

methanol is less acidic than phenol why

Answer 1

Answer---
In phenol, pulling the pz electrons from the oxygen atom into the ring causes the hydrogen atom to be more partially positive than it is in aliphatic alcohols. This means it is much more easily lost from phenol than it is from aliphatic alcohols, so phenol has a stronger acidic property than ethanol.

Answer 2

methonal is less acidic than phenol Because the solvation energy of hydroxide is even larger than that of methoxide, is more acidic than methanol