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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: craken66 on October 20, 2009, 09:22:24 PM
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Generally, hydroxide group is known as electron-donating group when directly attached to benzene ring.
Actually, oxygen of hydroxide is heavily electronegative, and likes electrons.
then, Why is hydroxide group an electron-donating group?
I think that hydroxide is more like electron-withdrawing group when directly bound to aromatic nucleus.
What do you think?
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Look at resonance. Does the hydroxyl group have any spare electrons that it can donate to the benzene ring?