(a) Arrange the following compounds in the increasing order of their acid strength: p-cresol, p-nitrophenol, phenol (b) Write the mechanism (using curved arrow notation) of the following reaction: CH_(2)=CH_(2)overset(H_(3)O^(+))toCH_(3)-CH_(2)^(+)+H_(2)O or Write the structures of the products when butan-2-ol reacts with following: (a) CrO_(3) (b) SOCl_(2)

(a) Arrange the following compounds in the increasing order of their a

1.	(a) Arrange the following compounds in the increasing order of their acid strength: p-cresol, p-nitrophenol, phenol (b) Write the mechanism (using curved arrow notation) of the following reaction: CH_(2)=CH_(2)overset(H_(3)O^(+))toCH_(3)-CH_(2)^(+)+H_(2)O or Write the structures of the products when butan-2-ol reacts with following: (a) CrO_(3) (b) SOCl_(2)
Answer» Solution :(a) p-cresol `LT` PHENOL `lt` p-nitrophenol (b) (a) `CH_(3)CH_(2)underset("Butan-2-ol")(CHCH_(3))underset(O)OVERSET(CrO_(2))toCH_(3)CH_(2)underset("Butan-2-one")underset(O)underset(\|\|)C-CH_(3)` (b) `CH_(3)CH_(2)underset("Butan-2-ol")underset(OH)underset(\|)(CH)CHCH_(3)overset(SOCl_(2))toCH_(3)CH_(2)underset("2-Chlorobutane")underset(\|)(CHCH_(3))`