MHT CET Chemistry question

Which of the following is basically responsible for acidic nature of phenols?

(A)Displacement of lone pair from oxygen atom
(B)Resonance between bonds with only one pair of shared electrons
(C)Cleavage of the −O − H bondCorrect
(D)Resonance between bonds with two shared pairs and the lone pair of the electrons

Answer: (C)

Solution

Phenol shows acidic behaviour when the O–H bond cleaves to give H and the phenoxide ion (stabilised by delocalisation); (a) and (b) do not describe the

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