Out of 2-chloroethanol and ethanol, which is more acidic and why?
The acidity of the compound depends on the type of group attached to the compound, due to being an electron-withdrawing group, the acidity of 2-chloroethanol is more. This leads to a decrease in electron density in the bond as a (-I) ( negative inductive effect) effect is created, This makes it very easy for 2-chloroethanol to release a proton