Draw the resonance contributors of phenoxide and phenol and explain why phenoxide is more reactive than phenol toward EAS.

Phenoxide is more reactive because it has a more electronegative resonance structure than phenol.

Phenoxide is more reactive because it has a less stable resonance structure than phenol.

Phenoxide is more reactive because it has a more acidic structure than phenol.

Phenoxide is more reactive because it has a more delocalized negative charge than phenol.