Assertion: Phenol undergoes Kolbe’s reaction whereas ethanol does not. Reason: Phenoxide ion is more basic than ethoxide ion.

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Assertion: Phenol undergoes Kolbe’s reaction whereas ethanol does not. Reason: Phenoxide ion is more basic than ethoxide ion. (A) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion (B) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion (C) If assertion is true but reason is false (D) If both assertion and reason are false

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<img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/chemistry/4f76ee28457996ba8c9562fed4d4f6c9-.png" /> Phenol is acidic in nature due to the acidity of phenolic proton (due to reasonance stabilisation) but there is no such stabilisation in ethane.

Q. Assertion : Phenol undergoes Kolbe’s reaction whereas ethanol does not. Reason : Phenoxide ion is more basic than ethoxide ion.

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

If assertion is true but reason is false

If both assertion and reason are false

Phenol is acidic in nature due to the acidity of phenolic proton (due to reasonance stabilisation) but there is no such stabilisation in ethane.

Q. Assertion : Phenol undergoes Kolbe’s reaction whereas ethanol does not.
Reason : Phenoxide ion is more basic than ethoxide ion.