Chemistry A-Level
Neutralisation of phenol with sodium hydroxide
What Neutralisation of phenol with sodium hydroxide means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Phenol reacts with aqueous sodium hydroxide in a neutralisation, forming sodium phenoxide and water, because hydroxide is a strong enough base to remove the phenolic proton.
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