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Explain why the -OH group in phenols more strongly held as compared to -OH group in alcohols? |
| Answer» Solution :`to` In phenol, the oxygen of the -OH group is BONDED to `sp^(2)` carbon of the benzene ring. Due to resonance, the C-O bond acquires the partial double bond character and hence the bond between the ring and -OH group becomes shorter and stronger than C-OH bond in ALCOHOL. | |