7.4.4.1.1 - Acidity of alcohols and phenols
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What is a Brönsted acid?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when acids are involved in reactions.
Name a characteristic of phenoxide ions.
💡 Hint: Consider how the electron structure of the anion changes.
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Which of the following is a characteristic of phenols?
💡 Hint: What happens to the structure when a proton is donated?
True or False: Alkoxides are more stable than phenoxides.
💡 Hint: Consider the anion stability after losing a proton.
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Explain why para-substituted phenols are generally more acidic than their meta counterparts.
💡 Hint: Consider how resonance patterns differ between the two positions.
Predict the relative acidity of phenol, o-nitrophenol, and p-methylphenol.
💡 Hint: Think about how substituents affect negative charge stabilization.
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