Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781337399074
Author: John C. Kotz, Paul M. Treichel, John Townsend, David Treichel
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 16, Problem 32PS
Which is the stronger of the following two acids?
- (a) acetic acid, CH3CO2H, Ka = 1.8 × 10−5
- (b) chloroacetic acid, ClCH2CO2H, pKa = 2.85
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