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Why primary alcohol are the strongest acid and tertiary the weaker

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Answered by rajiv24all
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Due to the magnitude of +I effect will be more in tertiary alcohols and thus the release of H+ ion becomes difficult while in primary alcohols the magnitude of +I effect is less & thus the release of H+ ion becomes easy. Hence, primary alcohols are strongest acid than tertiary alcohols.
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