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59. Why phenol is more reactive than anisole ?

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Anisole is less reactive than phenol towards electrophilic substitution reactions. Why ?

Q. (a) How do you convert the following :
(i) Phenol to Anisole
(ii) Ethanol to Propan-2-ol
(b) Write mechanism of the following reaction :

C_{2} H_{5} O H H_{2} S O_{4} / 443 K - ------- \to C H_{2} = C H_{2} + H_{2} O

(c) Why phenol undergoes electrophilic substitution more easily than benzene?

Q. Assertion :Phenol is more reactive than benzene towards

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Reason: In the case of phenol, the intermediate carbocation is more resonance stabilized.

Q. Assertion :Phenol is more reactive than benzene towards electrophilic substitution reaction. Reason: In case of phenol, the intermediate carbocation is more resonance stabilised

STATEMENT-1: Phenol is more reactive than benzene towards electrophilic substitution.
STATEMENT-2: In the case of Phenol, the intermediate carbocation is more resonance stabilized.

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