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Acidity of Alcohols and Phenols

Which of the ...

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Which of the following reacts fastly with $N a$ ?

A

1^{o}

alcohol

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B

2^{o}

alcohol

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C

3^{o}

alcohol

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D

The reactivity of all is equal

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Solution

The correct option is B $1^{o}$ alcohol
$1^{o}$ alcohols are more acidic than $2^{o}$ and $3^{o}$ alcohols and hence they react faster with $N a$ .

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