Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) 2012 Solved Paper

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Phenols are more acidic than alcohols. This is due to one the following reasons. Identify that.

Alkoxide ions are better stabilized by the electron releasing alkyl groups
Resonance stabilizes both phenols and phenoxide ions to the same extent
Phenols are better stabilized than the phenoxide ions while reverse is true for alcohols and alkoxides
Phenoxide ions are much better stabilized than the alkoxide ions

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