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Arrange water, ethanol and phenol in increasing order of acidity and give reason for your answer. |
| Answer» Solution :Due to +I-effect of `CH_(3)CH_(2)` group electron density in the O-H BOND of `CH_(3)CH_(2)OH` is HIGHER than that of O-H bond in `H_(2)O`. THEREFORE, `H_(2)O` is a stronger acid than ethanol. Further, due to greater stabilization of phenoxide ion over phenol, phenol is a stonger acid than water. thus, acidity of these three compounds increases in the ORDER: | |