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Why does the carbon oxygen bond in phenol less than in methanol?

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The carbon - oxygen bond in phenol is slightly than that in methanol . Why ?



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Solution :

This is due to the fact that (i) in phenol , conjugation of unshared electron pair .

over oxygen with aromatic ring results in partial double bond character in carbon - oxygen bond .

(ii) In phenol oxygen is attached to a Sp2Sp2 hybridized carbon atom while in methanol

It is attached to be Sp3Sp3 hybridized carbon atom . The bond order formed between oxygen and Sp2Sp2 hybridized carbon is more stable than that formed between oxygen and Sp3Sp3hybridized carbon