Question
Among the following acid which has the lowest pKa?

Answer

  1. HCOOH
Explanation:
$\text{Acidity} \alpha \frac{1}{\text{pKa}}\alpha \frac{1}{\text{+I−effect​}}$
Stronger the acid lower is the pK value. From the given acid HCOOH is the strongest acid as it do not have any +I group.

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