Unlike phenols, alcohols are easily protonated , why ?
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In phenol the lone pair of electrons on Oxygen involves in delocalization not available freely for the protonation. Whereas in alcohols, the electrons on Oxygen atom are not delocalized, so they available for protonation.
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