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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryAlcohols, Phenols and EthersJEE Main

Phenol is soluble in:

Answer: (D)

Solution

Phenol (pKₐ ≈ 10) is too weakly acidic to react with the weak base NaHCO₃ or to be protonated

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