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NEETChemistryCarboxylic Acid Derivatives

Assertion : Formic acid is the strongest mono carboxylic acid. Reason : Trifluoroacetic acid is weaker than formic acid.

Options

  1. AIf both Assertion & Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion, then mark (1).
  2. BIf both Assertion & Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion, then mark
  3. CIf Assertion is true statement but Reason is false, then mark (3).
  4. DIf both Assertion and Reason are false statements, then mark (4).

Correct answer

D. If both Assertion and Reason are false statements, then mark (4).

Step-by-step solution

Acidic strength order Because of strong - I effect of '3' ' (F )' atom. at ( -c ), its conjugate base is more stable. S.O of conjugate base.

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