Practice Acidity Of Alcohols And Phenols (7.4.4.1.1)

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Question 1.
What is a Brönsted acid?
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Think about what happens when acids are involved in reactions.
Question 2.
Name a characteristic of phenoxide ions.
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Consider how the electron structure of the anion changes.
3Question 3.
Which of the following is a characteristic of phenols?
- They are more acidic than alcohols
- They can’t donate protons
- They are always nonpolar
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What happens to the structure when a proton is donated?
4Question 4.
True or False: Alkoxides are more stable than phenoxides.
- True
- False
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Consider the anion stability after losing a proton.
Question 5.
Explain why para-substituted phenols are generally more acidic than their meta counterparts.
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Consider how resonance patterns differ between the two positions.
Question 6.
Predict the relative acidity of phenol, o-nitrophenol, and p-methylphenol.
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Think about how substituents affect negative charge stabilization.

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