Question

Phenols are more acidic than alcohols because

• A. phenoxide ion is stabilized by resonance
• B. phenols are more soluble in polar solvents
• C. phenoxide ions do not exhibit resonance
• D. alcohols do not lose H atoms at all

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Phenol is more acidic than alcohol because phenoxide ion is stabilized by resonance.

phenoxide ion resonance structure of phenoxide ion of phenol