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Why phenol is more acidic than ethyl alcohol?

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Phenols are much more acidic than alcohols because the negative charge in the phenoxide ion is not localized on the oxygen atom as it is in an alkoxide ion but is delocalized as it is shared by a number of carbon atoms in benzene ring.

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