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Attachment of vinyl group or phenyl group directly to carboxylic acid group has effect on the acidic character of that carboxylic acid. Explain. 

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Direct attachment of phenyl group or vinyl group to carboxylic acid increases the acidic character due to greater electronegativity of `sp^(2)` carbon and also due to resonance.
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