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Assertion: Ethanol is a weaker acid than phenol.
Reason: Sodium ethoxide may be prepared by the reaction of ethanol with aqueous NaOH. A). Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion. B). Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion. C). Assertion is a correct statement but Reason is a wrong statement. D). Assertion is a wrong statement but Reason is a correct statement.

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The correct answer is Assertion is a correct statement but Reason is a wrong statement.. The Assertion is correct; ethanol is a much weaker acid than phenol because the phenoxide ion is resonance-stabilized. The Reason is a wrong statement because ethanol is a weaker acid than water, meaning it will not react with aqueous NaOH to form sodium ethoxide. Sodium ethoxide must be prepared by reacting ethanol with an active metal like sodium.

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