JEE Main Chemistry question

Statement 1: Highly branched carboxylic acids are more acidic than unbranched acids. Statement 2: Hydrogen bonding in carboxylic acids is stronger than in alcohols.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for Assertion
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for Assertion
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is TrueCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Statement 1 is false: highly branched (alkyl-substituted) carboxylic acids are generally LESS acidic than unbranched ones of comparable size, since additional alkyl branching at or near the α-carbon increases the net electron-donating (+I, and

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