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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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