Why is the pKa1 of dicarboxylic acids is smaller than the pKa for a monocarboxylic acid with the same number of carbon atom
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Acids with higher acidity have higher value for Ka. Dicarboxylic acid is more acidic than Monocarboxylic acid.
But the order of PKa is opposite of that of Ka.
Hence Dicarboxylic acid with higher Ka than Monocarboxylic acid will have lower PKa than monocarboxylic acid.
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