Among primary alcohol, secondary alcohol and tertiary alcohol, which is more acidic? Why?
1 Answer
Apr 14, 2016
Alkyl groups are formally electron releasing.Thus, the
Explanation:
Of course, an alkoxide anion would have a very short lifetime in water. In non-aqueous solvents, potassium tert butoxide is a fairly powerful base (and thus its conjugate acid, tertiary butanol is very weak. Acidity of the alcohol thus decreases in the order:
