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Relative strengths of acids:

Can an Organic Chemistry I and II MASTER explain to me somerules of thumb in regards to the relative strengths of acids.

1) List the functional groups (alcohols, carboxylic acids,phenols, anhydrides, amides, etc.) in order of DECREASINGACIDITY.

2) In regards to substituents on aromatic rings, whichsubstituents would act as stronger bases, why, and in what relativeposition (ortho, meta, or para); and if the number of substituentsaffects basicity?

The list will be most helpful, so please list as many functionalgroups as possible. Thank you in advance.

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1 The acidity of organic functional groups can be judged from anumber of pointsa Bronsted acids are proton donors while Bronsted bases areproton acceptorsb Lewis acids are electron    See Answer
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