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Give reasons for the following: (a) Protanation of Phenols is difficult whereas ethanol easily undergoes protonation. (b) Boiling point of ethanol is higher than that of dimethyl ether. (c) Anisole on reaction with HI gives phenol and CH3−I as main products and not iodobenzene and CH3OH. |
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Answer» Give reasons for the following: (a) Protanation of Phenols is difficult whereas ethanol easily undergoes protonation. (b) Boiling point of ethanol is higher than that of dimethyl ether. (c) Anisole on reaction with HI gives phenol and CH3−I as main products and not iodobenzene and CH3OH. |
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