Question

Give reason chloroacetic acid is stronger than acetic acid

Answer 1

Chlorine being a strong electron withdrawing group, pulls the negative charge towards itself by inductive effect so that the negative charge density on the oxygen atom is reduced, hence stabilizing the conjugate base of chloroacetic acid.

Answer 2

The strength of a carboxylic acid is depends on how easily ut can lose it's carboxylic hydrogen as a proton..
u know that chlorine is a electrn withdrawing group..
Therefore the chlorine in chloro acetic acid withdraws electrons by induction from the carboxyl group and reduces electron density on carboxyl O-H bond..
this facilitates the hydrogen to leave as proton..
chloro acetic acid is therefore stronger than acetic acid..


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