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प्रश्न
Compare acidity of phenol with that of ethanol.
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उत्तर
Phenol is more acidic than ethanol. This is because the phenoxide ion obtained after the release of a proton from phenol becomes stable through resonance, whereas the ethoxide ion (after the release of a proton from ethanol) is not stable.
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