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2chloro propanic acid is more acidic than 3 chloro propanic acid

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Answered by swagger74
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In2-chloropropanoic acid Cl is at 2ndposition of numbering in chain and therefore, 

the -inductive effect is distance dependent.

The distance to -COOH group for Cl is less than in 3-chloropropanoic acid and hence it has more -I effct which makes it more stable and stronger.

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