Answer:
Due
to +R-effect of the OH group, phenol can be regarded as a resonance hybrid of
five structures, given on page 11/24. Out of these, structures II, III and
IV contain a carbon-oxygen double bond. In other words C?O bond in phenols has
some double bond character and hence stronger than the C?O bond in alcohols
which is a pure single bond.
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