Chemistry, asked by Paneyji, 10 months ago

Why hydroquinone is more acidic than phenol ?

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Answered by anjali4999

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Hydroquinone in its enol form will have a conjugated system between two Oxygen atoms at para position. Since, the stability of Conjugate Base of hydroquinone is greater than phenol, due to above stated reason, hydroquinone will lose H+ more readily, and form its CB, thus greater acidic strength.

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