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`CH_2ClCOOH` is a stronger acid than `CH_3COOH`. Why?

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Due to the -I effect (electron withdrawing of chlorine atom, the stability of chloroacetate ion is more than that of acetaete ion. Thus `CH_2ClCOOH` is a stronger acid that `CH_3COOH`.
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