JEE Main Chemistry question

Chemistry Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques JEE Main

Under suitable conditions, C₆H₅CH₂OH (A), C₆H₅OH (B) and C₆H₅COOH (C) can all act as acids. The increasing order of their acidic strengths is

(A)A < B < CCorrect
(B)A < C < B
(C)B < A < C
(D)C < B < A

Answer: (A)

Solution

Benzyl alcohol (A, a simple alcohol, pKₐ ≈ 15–18) is the weakest acid; phenol (B, pKₐ ≈ 10) is intermediate, stabilised by resonance delocalisation of the

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