Question

Out of methanoic acid and ethanoic acid which is more acidic and why

Answer 1

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Methanoic acid is more acidic because as the larger the positive inductive effect will be, the lesser will be the strength of an acid and in methanoic acid there is no inductive effect.

So, it is said that methanoic acid is more acidic.

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Answer 2

Answer:

here methanoic acid is more acidic than ethanoic acid because (in simply words) there is large +inductive effect