Basics of Organic Chemistry

Question

Consider the acidity of the carboxylic acids:

(a) PhCOOH

(b) o – NO₂C₆H₄COOH

(c) p – NO₂C₆H₄COOH

(d) m – NO₂C₆H₄COOH

Which of the following order is correct?

Accepted Answer

Option D. In aromatic acids presence of electron withdrawing substituent e.g. … disperses the negative charge of the anion and stablises it and hence increases the acidity of the parent benzoic acid.

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