why phenol is acid but ethanol is a base,explain with mechanism
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Because in aqueous solution, when phenol releases H+ion then phenoxide ring is formed which is stabilised by resonance, so it can easily donate proton and show acidic behaviour. But in case of ethanol there is no kind of resonating structures are formed. ... So phenol is acidic, while ethanol is not.
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