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What nature does alchohol has whether it is acidic, basic or neutral |
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Answer» Alcohol is categorized as neutrals Thanks Alcohols behave as weak acids or weak bases depending on the conditions. They can act as acids in strong base medium and base in strong acid medium.By the Arrhenius definition of an acid and base, alcohol is neither acidic nor basic when dissolved in water, as it neither produces H+ nor OH- in solution. However reacting an alcohol with a nucleophile makes it easy to remove the H+ ion from the functional group, rendering a nucleophilic alcohol. Alcohol is neutral because when we pass electricity from the solution of alcohol the bulb does not glow ,by this activity we know that alcohol is neutral |
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