why is that phenol is acidic and hexanol is neutral towards a solution of NaoH?
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Phenol is resonance stabilised and hence is stable whereas after losing H hexanol is not resonance stabilised. Hence, it is neutral.
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Acidity of compounds can be seen by removing an H+ ion and checking the stability of carbanion formed.
When H+is removed from phenol, phenoxide ion is formed and it is resonance stabilized whereas removing H+ from hexanol gives a compound which is not resonance stable. Hence phenol is acidic and hexanol is not.
When H+is removed from phenol, phenoxide ion is formed and it is resonance stabilized whereas removing H+ from hexanol gives a compound which is not resonance stable. Hence phenol is acidic and hexanol is not.
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