Lawrie Ryan and Roger Norris Solutions for Chapter: Benzene and its Compounds, Exercise 8: Question

Place the following molecules in order of their acidity, starting with the most acidic:

${\mathrm{CH}}_3\mathrm{COOH} {\mathrm{C}}_6{\mathrm{H}}_5\mathrm{OH} \mathrm{HCl} {\mathrm{C}}_3{\mathrm{H}}_7\mathrm{OH} {\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}$.

Would you expect methanol to be more or less acidic than phenol? Explain your answer.

Name the three reactants mixed to prepare a diazonium chloride salt.

Give the conditions used for the reaction in a diazonium chloride salt.