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Grade 12th PassOrganic Chemistry

o-chlorobenzoic acid is more acidic than meeta & p-chlorobenzoic acid. Why ?

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14 Years agoGrade 12th Pass
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Profile image of Umesh Jakhar
14 Years ago

na...here due to -I effect of Cl O will give h+ ion fastly then meta(less -I effect) and para (more +R effect) ,,,,remember that if both R and I effects are present then R will dominante then I (ie. R>I)

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