What is the increasing order of strength of oxy acids of Chlorine?

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anor277
Jan 13, 2018

Well, you got #HOCl#, #HClO_2#, #HClO_3#, #HClO_4#....

Explanation:

We might facilely expect that as oxygen substitution increases on the acid, then acid strength INCREASES.....

#stackrel(HClO, HClO_2, HClO_3, HClO_4)rarr" increasing acid strength"#

And so now this is your job....find the #K_a# values of the acids on the web or your text....and give the order....and then try to rationalize the order of acidity on the basis of enthalpy and entropy.

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