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Phenoxide ion is more reactive than phenol to electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction due to the more in electron density of phenoxide ion and hence, phenoxide ion easily undergoes the electrophilic substitution reaction than phenol by the weak CO2 electrophile.
<p><span data-teams="true">This is a short answer type question as classified in NCERT Exemplar</span></p><p><span data-teams="true">Phenoxide ion is more reactive than phenol to electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction due to the more in electron density of phenoxide ion and hence, phenoxide ion easily undergoes the electrophilic substitution reaction than phenol by the weak CO<sub>2</sub> electrophile.</span></p>
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