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Conjugate acid of a weak base is always stronger. What will be the decreasing order of basic strength of the following conjugate bases ? `OH^(_), RO^(-), CH_(3)CO O^(-), Cl^(-)` |
Answer» Conjugate acids of given bases are : `H_(2)O, ROH, CH_(3)CO OH, HCl`. Their acidic strength is in the order `HCl gt CH_(3)CO OH gt H_(2)O gt ROH`. Hence, their conjugate bases have strength in the order : `Cl^(-) lt CH_(3)CO O^(-) lt OH^(-) lt RO^(-)` or `RO^(-) gt OH^(-) gt CH_(3)CO O^(-) Cl^(-)`. |
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