JEE Main 2014 — Alcohols Phenols and Ethers Question with Solution
JEE Main 2014 (11 Apr Online)
Question
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
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Correct answer
CCarbon-oxygen bond length in methanol, is shorter than that of bond length in phenol.
Step-by-step explanation
The bond length in alcohols is and in Phenol it is . The bond length in phenol is shorter than that in methanol due to the conjugation of unshared pair of electrons on oxygen with the ring, which imparts double bond character to the bond.
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