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Arrange the following acids in the decreasing order of acid strength: (i) Benzoic acid (ii) o-Chlorobenzoic acid (iii) m-Chlorobenzoic acid (iv) p-Chlorobenzoic acid.

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o-Chlorobenzoic acid>m-Chlorobenzoic acid
`pK_(a)=3.0` `pK_(a)=3.8`
`gt` p-Chlorobenzoic acid`gt` Benzoic acid
`pK_(a)=4.0` `pK_(a)=4.2`
Hint. Cl has -I and +R effect but -I effect is stronger than +R effect.
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