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Title: Acidity question for phenol toluene and benzoic acid
Post by: JennLyn6 on March 21, 2004, 05:19:49 PM
where is the increasing acidity on phenol, tolune, and benzoic acid structures?




Edit: Edited subject for better indexing. Mitch
Title: Re:help please
Post by: Mitch on March 21, 2004, 06:54:38 PM
Where's what?  :-\
Title: Re:help please
Post by: Donaldson Tan on March 21, 2004, 11:36:01 PM
Are u asking us to help u rank them according to their acidity and why?
Title: Re:help please
Post by: JennLyn6 on March 22, 2004, 08:16:35 AM
yes please...the question is write the structures of phenol, toluene, and benzoic acid, and show the increasing acidity of each compound.
Title: Re:help please
Post by: AWK on March 22, 2004, 09:14:53 AM
C6H5-CH3 < C6H5-OH < C6H5-COOH (strongest acidity)

AWK
Title: Re:Acidity question for phenol toluene and benzoic acid
Post by: GCT on March 22, 2004, 07:49:36 PM
Benzoic acid is the most acidic, it's conjugate base is stabilized by resonance.  Phenol is next, and last toulene.