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Dear students, question is which of the following concepts can be used to rationalize the observation that acetic acid is stronger acid than methanol.
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We know in case of acid, for example, ha is an acid which dissociates to give h plus plus m minus.
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So, m minus is known as conjugate base of the acid.
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So, strength of acid is proportional to stability of the conjugate base.
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If the conjugate base is more stable, then acid will be more strong.
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Now let us see, we will compare the strength of conjugate bases of strong acetic acid and methanol.
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Acetic acid is ch3c double bond oh.
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When it releases a proton, it becomes ch3co minus plus h plus and methanol is ch3oh.
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When it loses a proton, it gives the conjugate base methoxide ion.
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Now methoxide ion due to minus methyl group is a minus i group, sorry plus i group, it donors electron...