The major reason that phenol is a better Bronsted acid than cyclohexanol is that

  • A
    it is a better proton donor.
  • B
    the cyclohexyl group is an electron donating group by induction,which destabilizes the anion formed in the reaction by resonance.
  • C
    phenol is able to stabilize the anion formed in the reaction.
  • D
    the phenyl group is an electron withdrawing group by induction,which stabilizes the anion formed in the reaction.

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