The carbon - oxygen bond in phenol is slightly than that in methanol . Why ?
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because the least amount of air present .
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Hey !
This is due to the fact that
In phenol, conjugation of unshared electron pair over oxygen with aromatic ring results in partial double bond character in carbon-oxygen bond.
In phenol, oxygen is attached to sp² hybridised carbon atom while in methanol, it is attached to a sp³ hybridised carbon atom. The bond formed between oxygen and sp³ hybridised carbon.
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