Answer:
Acidic nature of phenol
(a) Phenol reacts with Na liberating .
(b) Phenol reacts with NaOH (base).
Phenol is more acidic than ethanol.
Phenoxide ion stabilised due to resonance, hence equilibrium
(i) is in towards the ionisation of the phenol.
shows
(l+) effect and stability of is
decreased, makes equilibrium (ii) non-spontaneous in forward side. Thus, is less
acidic than phenol. [1]
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