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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

Arrange the following in increasing order of their acidic strength

  1. A \(\mathrm{A} < \mathrm{C} < \mathrm{D} < \mathrm{B}\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{A} < \mathrm{C} < \mathrm{B} < \mathrm{D}\)
  3. C \(\mathrm{D} < \mathrm{C} < \mathrm{A} < \mathrm{B}\)
  4. D \(\mathrm{A} < \mathrm{B} < \mathrm{C} < \mathrm{D}\)
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(D) \(\mathrm{A} < \mathrm{B} < \mathrm{C} < \mathrm{D}\)

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More the stability of conjugate bases, more is the acidity of the acid. \(\mathrm{Ph}, \mathrm{Br}, \mathrm{NO}_2\) exerts the \(-\mathrm{I}\) effect to the \(\mathrm{C}_{\propto}\) which, further, stabilizes the carboxylate ion. Order of \((-\mathrm{I})\) effect of the…