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Assertion (A) Alcohol is a weaker acid t...

Assertion (A) Alcohol is a weaker acid than water.
Reason (R) Sodium ethoxide may be prepared by the reaction of ethanol with aqueous NaOH.

A

If both assertion and reason are correct and reason is correct explanation for assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not correct explanation for assertion.

C

If assertion is correct but reason is incorrect.

D

If assertion and reason both are incorrect.

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The correct Answer is:
B
Correct explanation : Methyl `(CH_(3))` group with `+ I` effect makes the release of `H^(+)` ion from `C-OH` bond difficult as compared to `H_(2)O`.
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