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Posted by Dharamveer Singh Sidhu 6 years, 3 months ago
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Tanmay Tiwari 6 years, 3 months ago
Gaurav Seth 6 years, 3 months ago
Phenols are more acidic than phenols because delocalization of electrons takes place in phenols by resonance .
Phenol loses its hydrogen to form the phenoxide ion which resonates and stabalizes itself ,thus this loss of electrons makes phenol more acidic than alcohols.
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