Why is phenol more acidic than ethyl alcohol ?
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phenol is more acidic because of the benzene ring present in the molecule,when you lose the H from the OH group it is possible to delocalise the charge around the aromatic system due to the pi electron cloud,straight chain alcohols cannot do this so it is less favourable to deprotonate them hence it is easier to deprotonate a phenol,hence we say it is more acidic.
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phenol is more acidic because of the benzene ring present in the molecule,when you lose the H from the OH group it is possible to delocalise the charge around the aromatic system due to the pi electron cloud,straight chain alcohols cannot do this so it is less favourable to deprotonate them hence it is easier to deprotonate a phenol,hence we say it is more acidic.
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