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Question
Why phenol undergoes electrophilic substitution more easily than benzene?
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Solution
–OH, group of phenol is an activating group that increases the electron density at ortho/para position within the benzene ring so that electrophile can easily attack at ortho/para position in phenol than in benzene.
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