4 Answered Questions for the topic phenols

07/16/19

Why is acetic acid more acidic than phenol?
Acetic acid (ethanoic acid, $\\mathrm pK_\\mathrm a \\approx 5$) is more acidic than phenol ($\\mathrm pK_\\mathrm a \\approx 10$), which is reflected in their reactivity with a weak base such as... more
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07/10/19

Strength of hydrogen bonding in phenol or methanol?
I wanted to know whether hydrogen bonding is stronger in phenol or methanol. I saw on Wikipedia about the enthalpies of hydrogen bonding in various cases. but could not find the answer to this... more
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06/26/19

Why is a hydroxyl group more activating than a methoxy group in electrophilic aromatic substitution?
Why is phenol more reactive towards electrophilic substitution than methoxybenzene? Isn't the lone pair on the methoxy group oxygen more available for participating in resonance into the ring than... more
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03/13/19

What's the difference between a nucleophile and a base?
Obviously it depends on the context whether you would call a particular species a nucleophile or a base but are the two terms largely synonymous or is there a difference?
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