Problems and exercisesAcid-Base Properties
1. Why more acidic?
Why is phenol (pKa ≈ 10) much more acidic than cyclohexanol (pKa ≈ 18)?
2. Substituents
Order by acidity: phenol, 4-nitrophenol and 4-methylphenol.
3. Separation
An ether solution contains benzoic acid, phenol and cyclohexanol. In which order and with which reagents would you separate them?