The major reason that phenol is a better Bronsted acid than cyclohexanol is (A) it is a better proton donor (B) the cyclohexyl group is an electron donating group by induction, which destabilizes the anion formed in the reaction (C) phenol is able to stabilize the anion formed in the reaction by resonance (D) the phenyl group is an electron withdrawing group by induction, which stabilizes the anion formed in the reaction
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Phenyl group attached to oxygen is an electron withdrawing group because of electronegativity of double-bond [negative Inductive effect].
The compound is stabilized by Induction when anion is formed in reaction.
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(D) the phenyl group is an electron withdrawing group by induction, which stabilizes the anion formed in the reaction
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