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Between acetic acid and benzoic acid which is strong acid and why?

Between acetic acid and benzoic acid which is strong acid and why?

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Ravleen Kaur
askIITians Faculty 1452 Points
5 years ago
Therefore theacidityorder is H-COOH>Ph-COOH>CH3-COOH. Its that the reason behindbenzoic acidbeing astronger acidthanacetic acidis due to the resonance of carboxylate ion with the benzene ring.

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