JEE Main Chemistry question

Acidity of phenol is due to **[Manipal 2010]**

(A)Hydrogen bonding
(B)Phenolic group
(C)Benzene ring
(D)Resonance stabilisation of its anionCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Phenol is acidic because, upon loss of , the resulting phenoxide ion is resonance-stabilised by delocalisation of the negative charge into the aromatic ring, which lowers the anion's energy and favours

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