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The carbon-oxygen bond in phenol is slig...

The carbon-oxygen bond in phenol is slightly stronger than that in methanol. Why ?

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In phenol, oxygen atom is linked to `sp^(2)` hybridised carbon wyhile it is linked ot `sp^(3)` hyridised carbon atom in methanol. This implies that C-O bond in phenol has partial double bond character on account of resonance and has greater bond dissociation energy. it is therfore. stonger.
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