JEE Main Chemistry question

Alcohols may behave as

(A)A Bronsted acid
(B)A Lewis base
(C)Neutral
(D)All of theseCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

An alcohol's can donate a proton to a strong enough base (Bronsted acid behaviour, e.g. with Na metal), and its oxygen lone pairs can be donated to an electrophile (Lewis base behaviour, e.g. protonation by

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