How does an aromatic ring affect the stability of the anionic conjugate base?

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How does an aromatic ring affect the stability of the anionic conjugate base?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-28T05:02:17

Because it distributes the negative charge over several centres it should serve to stabilize the anion.

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So how can we justify that statement? We might look at #pK_a# data for phenol, and for ethanol. If what I am saying is correct phenol should be a much stronger acid than ethanol (which does not act as an acid in aqueous solution).

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