Chemistry, asked by nupurrohila6320, 10 months ago

Why is trichloroacetic acid stronger than dichloroacetic acid?

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Answered by Flamingorgeous

Dichloroacetic acid is a stronger acid than chloroacetic acid because the two chlorine atoms inductively withdraw more electron density from the O—H group than a single chlorine atom. The pKa of dichloroacetic acid is therefore smaller than the pKa of chloroacetic acid.

Answered by dineshprabakaran2509

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Dichloriacetic acid is the stronger acid than trichloroacetic acid because two chlorine withdraw more electrons from O-H group than one chlorine

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