Chemistry, asked by lakshmit391, 10 months ago

Why aliphatic carboxylic acids are stronger than phenols?

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in case of phenols, negative charge is less effectively delocalized over one oxygen atom and less electronegative carbon atoms in phenoxide ion. Therefore, the carboxylate ion exhibits higher stability in comparison to phenoxide ion. Hence, the carboxylic acids are more acidic than phenols

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