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

 

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The higher bond strength in the compound is due to the resonance effect in the molecule that mimics double bond characters in C-O bonding. Therefore, the size of this bond is decreased in phenol. Also, the oxygen atom in phenol is directly attached to the sp^{3} hybridised carbon atom by single bond. Hence the carbon-oxygen bond in phenol is slightly stronger than that in methanol.

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