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प्रश्न
Assertion: Ethanol is a weaker acid than phenol.
Reason: Sodium ethoxide may be prepared by the reaction of ethanol with aqueous \[\ce{NaOH}\].
पर्याय
Assertion and reason both are correct and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
Assertion and reason both are wrong statements.
Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.
Both assertion and reason are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation of assertion.
उत्तर
Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
Explanation:
Phenol is stronger acid than ethanol as phenoxide ion is stabilized by resonance whereas no such stabilization occurs in ethoxide ion. Sodium ethoxide can be prepared by reaction of ethanol with sodium.
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\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{CH3 - CH - CH - CH - CH2-OH }\\
|\phantom{......}|\phantom{......}|\phantom{.......}\\
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