Why acetic acid is stronger than phenol?
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2016-03-14 00:39:47
On acetic acid, the carbon in the carboxylic acid group is highly electron-starved: that carbon is bonded to oxygen atoms 3 times! Moreover, that carbon only has one methyl group from which to "take" electrons in order to fill the charge imbalance. This means that the only easy electrons the acidic
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