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Which of the following is basically res...

Which of the following is basically responsible for acidic nature of phenols ?

A

Displacement of lone pair form oxygen atom.

B

Resonance between bonds with only one pair of shared electrons.

C

Cleavage of the -O-H bond.

D

Resonance between bonds with two shared pairs and the lone pair of the electrons.

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C
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