How many of the following compounds are less acidic than phenol? m-Nitrophenol, benzyl alcohol, o-cresol, ethanol, picric acid, cyclohexanol.

JEE Main Chemistry question

How many of the following compounds are less acidic than phenol? -Nitrophenol, benzyl alcohol, -cresol, ethanol, picric acid, cyclohexanol.

Answer: 4

Solution

Electron-withdrawing substituents (as in -nitrophenol and picric acid) stabilise the phenoxide ion and make these compounds MORE acidic than phenol, while benzyl alcohol, ethanol, and cyclohexanol (simple alcohols,

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