- A$O$ is more electronegative than $S$
- ✓$O - H$ bond is stronger than $S - H$ bond
- C$O - H$ bond is weaker than $S - H$ bond
- DNone of these
${H_2}O < {H_2}S < {H_2}Se < {H_2}Te$
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[Assume theat the pre-exponential factor is same in both the cases.
Given $R =8.31 \,J\, K ^{-1} \,mol ^{-1}$ ]

$\begin{matrix}
O\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \\
||\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \\
C{{H}_{3}}-C-OH+C{{H}_{3}}-OH\overset{cat.}{\longleftrightarrow} \\
\end{matrix}\begin{matrix}
O\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \\
||\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \\
C{{H}_{3}}-C-O-C{{H}_{3}}+{{H}_{2}}O \\
\end{matrix}$