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Course: Organic chemistry (Essentials) - Class 11 > Unit 6
Lesson 1: Acidity of organic molecules- Why is methanol more acidic than ethanol?
- Comparing organic molecules using all EE Part - 1
- Comparing organic molecules using all EE Part - 2
- Using electronic effects to compare acidic strength - Resonance
- Why is p-cresol more acidic than o-cresol?
- How does ortho-effect work in benzoic acids?
- Acidic strength of organic molecules
- Acidic strength of benzoic acid derivatives
- Acidic strength of phenol derivatives
- Acidic strength using aromaticity
- Acidic strength using resonance
- Order of acidic strength using inductive effect
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Why is p-cresol more acidic than o-cresol?
In this video, we play around with phenol to compare the acidic strength of phenol derivatives - o-cresol and p-cresol.
0:00 - Introduction to phenol and its acidic strength
00:57 - Writing the conjugate base of phenol (phenoxide)
02:09 - Stability of phenoxide ion
03:47 - Delocalisation in phenoxide ion
05:44 - Comparing the acidic strength of p-cresol and o-cresol
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