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why do phenols not give the protonation rxn readily?
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Nasima Khan 6 years, 6 months ago

The lone pair on oxygen of O-H in phenol is shared with benzene ring through resonance so the lone pair is not fully present on oxygen hence phenol do not undergo protonation reaction electron density on oxygen in Phenoxide ion is decreased due to resonance.
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