base to extract phenol

[TimeforDAT]

I am not sure what the chemistry behind this is. So someone please explain

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[Lonely Sol]

I am not sure what the chemistry behind this is. So someone please explain

Well you know phenols are acidic (weak), so it would need a strong base like NaOH to elute it. I dont think you need to know th eaxt mechanism for it. I would tell you but its kinda hard to do it without drawing it out.

 

[Danny289]

phenol C6H5-OH has acidic(weak) property because conjugate base (C6H5-O-) stablize with ""resonance"" and for extracting one acid, we need one base.

 

[SirShagaLot]

equivelent units is also always a possible question path when dealing with acid base reactions like this.