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Which is more acidic between benzoic acid and pera chloro benzoic acid​

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  • -COOH is META DIRECTING GROUP and hence it isn't stabilised at the para position. Hence benzoic acid is more acidic than para-chloro benzoic acid(because the resonating STRUCTURE of benzoic acid is more stable than p-chloro benzoic acid due to the reason mentioned above).


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