The carbon-oxygen bond in phenol is slightly stronger than that in methanol. Why?
The carbon-oxygen bond in phenol is slightly stronger than that in methanol. Why?
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This is a short answer type question as classified in NCERT Exemplar
This can be explained as under:
(i) In phenol, the conjugation of unshared electron pairs over oxygen with aromatic ring results in partial double bond character in C – O bond.
In methanol, no such conjugation (resonance) is possible
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