Which one of the following statements is not correct?
- AAlcohols are weaker acids than water.
- BAcid strength of alcohols decreases in the following order: $RCH_2OH > R_2CHOH > R_3COH$.
- CCarbon-oxygen bond length in methanol, $CH_3OH$ is shorter than that of $C-O$ bond length in phenol.
- DThe bond angle $C-O-H$ in methanol is $108.9^o$.
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