Why phenols are not useful for preparation of haloarenes

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It is difficult to replace the hydroxy group of phenols by a halogen atom. Due to resonance in phenol, the C-O bond in phenols aquire partial double bond character. Therefore the C-O bond in phenols is stronger than the carbon oxygen single bond in alcohols. Consequently it is difficult to break the C-O bond in phenols.

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