Why phenol is acidic?
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Compounds like alcohols and phenol which contain an -OH group attached to a hydrocarbon are very weak acids. ... Phenol can lose a hydrogen ion because the phenoxide ion formed is stabilised to some extent. The negative charge on the oxygen atom is delocalised around the ring.
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Phenol is a weak acid.In aqueous solution in the pH range ca. 8-12 it is an equlibrimium with the phenolate anion .
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