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Why Chloroacetic acid is strong acid then 3-chloro propanoic acid

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Answered by devc5622
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In2-chloropropanoic acid Cl is at 2nd position 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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