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Alcohols, Phenols And Ethers

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C—O bond is much shorter in phenol than in ethanol. Why?

Solution

The ionisation of an alcohol and a phenol takes place as follows.

Due to resonance, C-bond in phenol acquires a partial double bond character. In Ethanol resonance is not possible.

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