Phenol Resonance and Acidity

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Phenol does not follow typical alcohol chemistry and characteristics due to it’s benzene ring and associated resonance. This video breaks down phenol and phenoxide resonance and helps you understand how this impacts acidity. Including examples with substituents like nitrophenol
In this video:
[0:27] Definition of Phenol
[3:28] Determining Acidity
[6:53] Ranking molecules based using CARIO
[11:53] Sample problems with EWG
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[@DOCB-op1qc]

i understand EWG EDG & SN1 VS SN2. but where would i find resources describing condition's where the aliphatic chain is added to as opposed to the benzene ring? is this just anti markovnikov using peroxides as well as SN2 with strong nucleophiles so there is no carbocation intermediate for methyl or hydride shifts? ? EAS & NAS dont seem to cover this.

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I don't understand your question. adding a chain to an aromatic ring would fall under Friedel Crafts in EAS

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why oxygen is not happy when it is charged although it follows the octet rule in this case

[@Leah4sci]

Neutral molecules are more favorable than those carrying a charge. When you talk about being “happy”, molecules always prefer to be neutral and have formal charges of zero (or as close to zero as possible). When we deprotonate phenol, the oxygen bears a formal charge of -1. It is not possible for this molecule to be completely neutral, but by sharing the charge on oxygen with other atoms in the molecule through resonance, we can create greater stability for the phenoxide (as compared to the conjugate of cyclohexanol).

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Why is the formal charge on O for the deprotonated phenol (for the phenoxide ion) -1 and not 6-5=+1?? Where do the extra two electron come from when the -H left? thanks Leah

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H doesn't take the electrons with it and so they wind up on oxygen

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Based of your theory of organic chemistry, is it possible to trap the ketal of Phenol using Dean-Stark trap, e.g. 1,4-Dioxaspiro[4.5]deca-6,8-diene [23783-59-7]. Then this can participate in a cheletropic reaction. Alternatively, it might be possible to use 3,4-Difluorostyrene (or m,p-Dichloro) with N-Boc Pyrrole directly. A ketene lamp is the third possibility.

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[@MrYahya0101]

There seems to be no mention of electron density. How would you compare tertiary, secondary, primary alcohol if it weren't for electron density? Or is it accounted for by Induction?

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At which specific point in this video do you have a question?

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[@MrYahya0101]

So wait at the end you compared phenol and ethanoic acid based on Induction (i.e the 2 Oxygen atoms vs 1 oxygen atom). Shouldn't then Induction be before Resonance? I could be wrong but doesn't Induction give rise to resonance in many cases for example in carboxylic acid where Oxygen pulls electrons and therefore produces resonance. If induction produces resonance, then why should Resonance be considered as a separate criterion or prioritized over Induction?

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I believe the effect that was prioritized here was the A for "Atom", not induction. The type of atom holding the charge (oxygen over carbon) was what made ethanoate the more stable conjugate.

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[@prathvisingh8288]

Loved your video! but I just wanted to ask whether the additional resonance of oxygen will also be observed in methylphenol (where the CH3 group is covalently bonded to that C-atom of the ring which lies exactly opposite to that C-atom of the ring to which OH group is bonded)?

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Yes, you should still see the same resonance pattern.

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[@leynanguyen3857]

when doing the resonance structure for phenol, how did the formal charge become negative for carbon?

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The formal charge of carbon became negative because of the presence of the lone pair. The two electrons previously in the pi bond went from being shared equally between two separate carbon atoms to sitting on a single carbon atom. If you count total electrons, the carbon is sharing 3 electrons in bonds with hydrogen and the two adjacent carbons. In addition, it has the 2 electrons in the lone pair. That makes 5 electrons sitting directly on that carbon atom. (Formal charge: 4 - 5 = -1)

[@gemacabero6482]

Thanks! And what about when the phenol has NH2 as substituent? I don't understand why it is less acid than phenol...

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[@vrltn2005]

Phenol make resonance so Oxygen atom can distribute it's electron to the ring . This property makes phenol more acidic Resonance of Cyclohexanol does not exist.. Am I correct mam ?

[@Leah4sci]

That's correct. The resonance in phenol is the cause of its greater acidity in comparison to cyclohexanol, which has no resonance.

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Professor when 3 degree carbocatian is more stable than a 2 degree one then why 3 degree one reacts faster than 2?? It should be happier & 2 degree is more unstable hence it should react faster to gain stability

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Are phenolic Good elelctrical and thermal conductivty or not..

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That’s not necessarily what this video is about, but I don’t believe phenolic compounds are good conductors of heat or electricity.

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can you please explain how p-methoxy benzoic acid is less acidic than benzoic acid? Thanks.

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where does the negative charge come from 2:03 ?

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After one of the pi bonds in the aromatic ring resonates on to the individual carbon, we have a lone pair sitting on an atom that is also forming three bonds - two to carbons and one to hydrogen. That makes five electrons surrounding an atom that has four valence electrons. Which means the carbon has a formal charge of -1. For more on formal charge and a shortcut for calculating it, visit Leah4sci.com/Formal

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At 13:03, you switched from nitrophenol to nitrobenzene, but the compound was nitrophenol. Good video nonetheless.

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