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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

Sir which is good acid H3PO2,H3PO3,H3PO4 and please tell the reason also

Profile image of Divyanshu Bansal
9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
By good acid U meant that the strong acid, then on drawing their structures the one which having the more no of OH molecules thhat is the more acidic hydrogens would be the good acid.
And hence H3PO4 has the 3 acidic hydrogens attached with O atom.
Therfire it is the best acid among all 3.