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Q. Which of the following is not true in case of reaction with heated copper at $ 573\, K $ ?

J & K CETJ & K CET 2017Alcohols Phenols and Ethers

Solution:

Phenols, unlike alcohols will not easily show such reactions which involve cleavage of $C — OH$ bond because phenols are more acidic than alcohols as its conjugate base phenoxide ion produced after loss of $H^{+}$ is stabilised by resonance