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Question
For the pair phenol and cyclohexanol, answer the following:
Why is phenol more acidic than cyclohexanol?
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Solution
Because the conjugate base of phenol, the phenoxide ion, is more stable due to resonance, phenol is more acidic than cyclohexanol.
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