Question

Which is more acidic ethanol or tertiary butyl alcohol? Why?

Answer 1

2 Answers. The short answer is that the steric hindrance of the tert butyl alcohol makes it hard to add an protonate the hydroxy group. The hydroxy group of the tert butyl alcohol is intramolecular stabilized by hydrogen bonds (2nd image), between the methyl hydrogens and the oxygen.

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Answer 2

Answer:

2 Answers. The short answer is that the steric hindrance of the tert butyl alcohol makes it hard to add an protonate the hydroxy group. The hydroxy group of the tert butyl alcohol is intramolecular stabilized by hydrogen bonds (2nd image), between the methyl hydrogens and the oxygen.

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