(a) Give IUPAC name of Salicylic acid.
(b) Chloroacetic acid is more acidic than acetic acid. Why?
(c) Write the products formed when reacts with the following:
(i) Zinc amalgam and dilute hydrolic acid
(ii) Concentrated sodium hydroxide solution
(iii) Semicarbazide and weak acid
(a) IUPAC name of Salicyclic acid is 2 -hydroxybenzoic acid.
(b) Due to -I effect of chlorine, it increases the partial positive charge on carbon and hence stability the carboxylate ion and thus it increases the acidity of carboxylic acid.
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