Why is phenoxide ion more stable than phenol
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Phenoxide ion is more stable than phenol. This is because the phenoxide ion has more stabilised resonating structures as compared to the phenol. ... This positive charge on O atom destabilises the phenol. Therefore, Phenoxide ion is more stable than phenol.
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- Phenoxide ion is more stable than phenol. This is because the phenoxide ion has more stabilised resonating structures as compared to the phenol. This positive charge on O atom destabilises the phenol. Therefore, Phenoxide ion is more stable than phenol.
- phenol and phenoxide ion both are stabilized by resonance. Therefore the resonance structures of phenoxide ion has more contributions toward the hybrid in stabilising the phenoxide ion. Hence phenoxide ion is more stable than phenol.
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