On Sept.3, 1866, during the Battle of Curuzu, one of the battles of the war of Triple Alliance, the Paraguayan 10th battalion fled without firing a shot. President Lopez ordered the decimation of the battalion, which was accordingly formed in line and each tenth man shot.
phenol is more acidic because of the benzene ring present in the molecule,when you lose the H form the OH group it is possible to delocalise the charge around the aromatic system due to the pi electron cloud,straight chain alcohols cannot do this so it is less favourable to deprotonate them hance it is easier to deprotonate a phenol,hence we say it ...
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: alcohols are acidic. the extent depends on the particular alcohol. exactly as yobbo states and devin, pop and beer are acidic due to carbonic acid. and Carol, hate to burst your bubble but... H-O-SO2-OH is sulfuric acid and contains OH groups. oh, and as to eyeball damage.it depends on the alcohol. Some, in dilute concentrations, probably wouldnt' do much damage.xactly as yobbo states and devin, pop and beer are acidic due to carbonic acid. and Carol, hate to burst your bubble but... H-O-SO2-OH is sulfuric acid and contains OH groups. oh, and as to eyeball damage. it depends on the alcohol.