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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: JennLyn6 on March 21, 2004, 05:19:49 PM
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where is the increasing acidity on phenol, tolune, and benzoic acid structures?
Edit: Edited subject for better indexing. Mitch
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Where's what? :-\
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Are u asking us to help u rank them according to their acidity and why?
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yes please...the question is write the structures of phenol, toluene, and benzoic acid, and show the increasing acidity of each compound.
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C6H5-CH3 < C6H5-OH < C6H5-COOH (strongest acidity)
AWK
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Benzoic acid is the most acidic, it's conjugate base is stabilized by resonance. Phenol is next, and last toulene.