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Account for the following :
(i) Phenol has a smaller dipole moment than methanol.
(ii) Phenol goes electrophilic substitution reactions.

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(i) Due to – ve charge on oxygen in delocalized by resonance.
(ii) Due to greater electron density than benzene.
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