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The oxygen atom in phenol

(a) exhibits only inductive effect

(b) exhibits only resonance effect

(c) has more dominating resonance effect than inductive effect

(d) has more dominating inductive effect than the resonance effect

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Answer is : (c) has more dominating resonance effect than inductive effect

The oxygen atom in phenol has more dominating resonance effect than inductive effect.

Increase in charge separation decreases the stability of a resonating structure.

Stability of resonating structures in decreasing order will be : I > IV = II > III.

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