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CH₃COOH is more acidic than phenol its reason is very interesting.in case of CH₃COOH intermediate is CH₃COO -ion which has 2 equal resonanting structures while in case of C₆H₅O-there is 5 resonanting structure but this is less stable than CH₃COO- because in this all negative charge disperse on oxygen while in case of phenoxide most of the negative charge disperse on carbon so CH₃COO- is more stable even with less number of resonanting structure so CH₃COOH is more acidic.

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