Organic Chemistry
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Author: John E. McMurry
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Chapter 2.SE, Problem 67AP
1, 1, 1-Trichloroethanol is an acid more than 1000 times stronger than ethanol, even though both have a conjugate base where the negative charge is on an oxygen. Provide an explanation for this observation.
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