Question

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

Answer 1

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.