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Question : 10 of 16
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Which of the following species can act as the strongest base?
Solution:  
For a specie to be a strong base, the corresponding conjugate acid should be weak.
OH+H+  H2Owater\mathrm{OH}^- + \mathrm{H}^+ \rightarrow\; \underset{\text{water}}{\mathrm{H_2O}}
OR+H+  ROHalcohol\mathrm{OR}^- + \mathrm{H}^+ \rightarrow\; \underset{\text{alcohol}}{\mathrm{ROH}}
C6H5O+H+  C6H5OHphenol\mathrm{C_6H_5O}^- + \mathrm{H}^+ \rightarrow\; \underset{\text{phenol}}{\mathrm{C_6H_5OH}}
C6H5O(mNO2)+H+  HOC6H5(mNO2)m-nitrophenol\mathrm{C_6H_5O}^- (\mathrm{m-NO}_2) + \mathrm{H}^+ \rightarrow\; \underset{\text{m-nitrophenol}}{\mathrm{HOC_6H_5}(\mathrm{m-NO}_2)}
Since the acidity of phenol is higher than aliphatic alcohol. Also, the acidity of water is higher than alcohol. Thus least acidic product is ROH.
As weaker acid has a strong conjugate base or vice-versa, RO\mathrm{RO}^- will be the strongest base among all.
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