Problems and exercisesAcid-Base Properties
1. Substituent effects
Arrange in order of decreasing acidity: propanoic acid, acetic acid, chloroacetic acid, trichloroacetic acid and fluoroacetic acid.
2. Distance matters
Which acid is stronger, 2-chlorobutanoic or 4-chlorobutanoic acid? Why?
3. An acid-base extraction
You have an ether solution of benzoic acid and naphthalene. How would you separate them by taking advantage of the acidity of the acid?