Question

Why phenol is acidic but alcohol is not

Answer 1

An acidic substance is something that can produce a hydrogen (H+) when in water.

But alcohols does not give H+ ions easily to form alkoxide ion which is not stable and readily take the H+ ion and form alcohol again.

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Answer 2

here is your ans-

because phenaol has (OH- ). ATTACHED TO ITS BENGENE RING ,. which shows acidic nature.
while on the other hand alcohol , here is considered as a functional group, which are
neutral in nature.

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