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Which of the following is the weakest acid?A. PhenolB. `t`-Butyl alcoholC. Ethyl alcoholD. Methyl alcohol

Answer» Correct Answer - B
Phenols are stronger acids than monohydric alocohols which have `LIe` the following order of acidic strength on account of electron-releasing nature of alkyl groups:
`CH_(3)OH gt RCunderset(1^(@))(H_(2))OH gt R_(2)Cunderset(2^(@))(HOH )gt R_(3)underset(3^(@))(COH)`


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