Why chloroacetic acid has lower pKa value than acetic acid?
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why because chloroacetic acid is stronger than the acetic acid
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In the case of Chloroacetic acid the chlorine is electronegative in nature for which it doesn't donates its electron easily and hence is more acidic in nature and it is to be noted that more will be the acidic character less will be the Pka value...so Pka value of chloroacetic acid is lower than pka value of acetic acid...
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