QuestionOrganic / acidity of substituted benzoic acids
The correct order of increasing acid strength of the given carboxylic acids is
- (a) 4-acetylbenzoic acid < 4-cyanobenzoic acid < 4-hydroxybenzoic acid < benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid
- (b) 4-hydroxybenzoic acid < 4-acetylbenzoic acid < 4-cyanobenzoic acid < benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid
- (c) 4-hydroxybenzoic acid < benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid < 4-acetylbenzoic acid < 4-cyanobenzoic acid
- (d) 4-cyanobenzoic acid < 4-acetylbenzoic acid < benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid < 4-hydroxybenzoic acid
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