Carboxylic Acids and their Derivatives - Result Question 62

####48. Arrange the following as stated: “Increasing order of acidic strength.”

$$ \begin{aligned} & ClCH _2 COOH, CH _3 CH _2 COOH, ClCH _2 CH _2 COOH, \ & \left(CH _3\right) _2 CHCOOH, CH _3 COOH \end{aligned} $$

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Solution:

  1. Electron withdrawing inductive effect increases acid strength while electron donating inductive effect decreases acid strength.

$+I$-effect



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