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CHM 102 Practice Questions Objective Question
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Phenol is acidic because of
Options
A Resonance
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B Electromeric effect
C Inductive effect
D Peroxide effect
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Option A is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

Phenol is acidic because the phenoxide ion (C6H5O-) is stabilized by resonance, which delocalizes the negative charge over the aromatic ring. This makes loss of a proton favorable.

Hint

What stabilizes the phenoxide ion?

Question Info

Course: CHM 102
Topic: Practice Questions
Type: Objective
Difficulty: Not specified
Question 1747 of 1999
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