Why alcohols are neutral but phenol is acidic ?

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Answer:-
The reason is that the formation of alkoxide ion is not favoured as it is not resonance stabilised.Its formation requires more energy.Phenoxide ion, being more stable is easily formed.Hence phenol is much more acidic than alcohol.

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