Acetic acid (pKa 4.76) and trifluoroacetic acid (aka TFA; pKa 0.25) are similar in structure and both have carboxylic acid functional groups that make them acidic. What is the primary rationale for why trifluoroacetic acid has a relatively different acidity than the very similar structure of acetic acid? the overall molecule of acetic acid is bigger than TFA only the acetic acid has a resonance structure that stabilizes its conjugate base only the TFA has a resonance structure that stabilizes its conjugate base acetic acid has more inductive withdraw that stabilizes its conjugate base than does the TFA TFA has more inductive withdraw that stabilizes its conjugate base than does the acetic acid TFA has less inductive withdraw that stabilizes its conjugate base than does the acetic acid
Acetic acid (pKa 4.76) and trifluoroacetic acid (aka TFA; pKa 0.25) are similar in structure and both have carboxylic acid functional groups that make them acidic. What is the primary rationale for why trifluoroacetic acid has a relatively different acidity than the very similar structure of acetic acid? the overall molecule of acetic acid is bigger than TFA only the acetic acid has a resonance structure that stabilizes its conjugate base only the TFA has a resonance structure that stabilizes its conjugate base acetic acid has more inductive withdraw that stabilizes its conjugate base than does the TFA TFA has more inductive withdraw that stabilizes its conjugate base than does the acetic acid TFA has less inductive withdraw that stabilizes its conjugate base than does the acetic acid
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Transcribed Image Text:Acetic acid (pKa 4.76) and trifluoroacetic acid (aka TFA; pKa 0.25) are similar
in structure and both have carboxylic acid functional groups that make them
acidic. What is the primary rationale for why trifluoroacetic acid has a
relatively different acidity than the very similar structure of acetic acid?
the overall molecule of acetic acid is bigger than TFA
only the acetic acid has a resonance structure that stabilizes its conjugate base
only the TFA has a resonance structure that stabilizes its conjugate base
acetic acid has more inductive withdraw that stabilizes its conjugate base than
does the TFA
TFA has more inductive withdraw that stabilizes its conjugate base than does the
acetic acid
TFA has less inductive withdraw that stabilizes its conjugate base than does the
acetic acid
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