Question

why phenol is acidic but alcohal is not?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Phenols. ... Phenol is more acidic than cyclohexanol and acyclic alcohols because the phenoxide ion is more stable than the alkoxide ion. In an alkoxide ion, the negative charge is localized at the oxygen atom. But in a phenoxide ion, the negative charge is delocalized over the benzene ring.

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Answer 2

Answer:

if phenol loses an H+ ion, it becomes a phenoxide ion which is highly resonance stabilized so phenol tries to give out an H+ inorder to stabilize itself. so it is more acidic. in the case of ethanol it doesn't participate in resonance after the loss of H+ , so phenol is acidic than ethanol

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