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The oxygen atom in phenol

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a

exhibits only resonance effect

b

exhibits only inductive effect

c

has more dominating resonance effect than inductive effect

d

has more dominating inductive effect than the resonance effect

answer is C.

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In phenol, the oxygen atom has a stronger inductive impact than a dominant resonance effect. A resonant structure becomes less stable as charge separation increases.

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