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Arrange water, ethanol and phenol in increasing order of acidity and give reason for your answer.

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The phenoxide ion obtained after the removal of a proton is resonance stabilised as follows
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Whereas, the ethoxide ion obtained after the removal of a proton is not stabilised but destabilised due to +I effect of `-C_(2)H_(5)` group. Therefore, phenol is a stronger acid than ethanol. +I effect of `CH_(3)-CH_(2)` group increase the electron is more than that of water. So, ethanol is a weaker acid than water. Thus, the increasing order of acidity is
`"ethanol" lt "water" lt "phenol"`

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