He said, only phenols (benzene ring with hydroxyl group), not hexanes with hydroxyl group. The resonance in benzene makes it more stable in ionic form than cyclohexanol, and is more acidic
Finally understood this concept!! But shouldn't you always start with a weak acid or weak base? Here you started with HCL (strong acid) or is it b/c we only have weak base so to remove it we add strong acid.
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Great video!
The last step confuses me because doesn't the board say NaOH can deprotonate both hydroxyl and phenol and thus both 1 and 3 move to aqueous?
He said, only phenols (benzene ring with hydroxyl group), not hexanes with hydroxyl group. The resonance in benzene makes it more stable in ionic form than cyclohexanol, and is more acidic
Finally understood this concept!! But shouldn't you always start with a weak acid or weak base? Here you started with HCL (strong acid) or is it b/c we only have weak base so to remove it we add strong acid.