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Q. Rank the three compounds in order of decreasing acidity

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NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques

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II is the strongest acid due to electron withdrawing resonance effect of $-NO_{2}$ and III is weakest acid due to electron donating effect of $-CH_{3}$ The decreasing order is

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