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Explain why phenols do not undergo substitution of the -OH group like alcohols ?

(a) It is due to the partial double bond character between the oxygen of benzene and the phenol ring, it is difficult to remove it for nucleophilic substitution reaction.(b) It is due to the partial double bond character between the oxygen of -OH and the phenol ring, it is difficult to remove it for nucleophilic substitution reaction.(c) It is due to the partial double bond character between the oxygen of -OH and the phenol ring, it is difficult to remove it for Electrophilic addition reaction(d) None of the above

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