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The acidityof nitro benzoic acid is more than the acidity of benzoic acid. Justified your answer

The acidityof nitro benzoic acid is more than the acidity of benzoic acid. Justified your answer

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Vikas TU
14149 Points
7 years ago
Any -M group attached to the benzene or (benzoic acid in this case) would obvious increase the acidity of the organic compound. Here Nitro group is increasing the acidity factor as it is destabalizing the compound due to the elcctron deficient oxygen atoms and N atoms iteslef in it.
Shraddha Dattatray Shinde
18 Points
7 years ago
-COOH is deactivating group in addition Nitro is also electron withdrawing group as N is having -I &- R effect.so it will pull the electron from benzene.as number of deactivating group increases its acidity increases.hence nitro benzene is more acidic than benzoic acid

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