Arrange the following in order of increasing acidity Methane, carboxylic acid, phenol, alcohol?

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Andrea B.
Apr 3, 2018

methane, Alcohol, fhenol, carboxilic acid

Explanation:

You have an acid compound when a molecula can give an #H^+# ion and this is possible if the H bonded to an Oxygen atom can free itself for inductive or mesomeric effect.

You have inductive effect when the C to which is bonden the Oxygen atom is bonded to others electronegative atoms (for example in the carbossilic acid -COOH).

You have mesomeric effect when the negative charge that you have on the Oxygen atom for the detachmentof #H^+# can easily distributed in the whole molecula (for example in phenolic group). The H of Metane are not acid at all, because they haven't these possibilities

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