JEE Main 20248 Apr, Evening shiftChemistryEasySome Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry81× since 2002The correct sequence of acidic strength of the following aliphatic acids in their decreasing order is: CH3CH2COOH,CH3COOH,CH3CH2CH2COOH,HCOOH\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{COOH}, \mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COOH}, \mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{COOH}, \mathrm{HCOOH}CH3CH2COOH,CH3COOH,CH3CH2CH2COOH,HCOOHAOption A. HCOOH>CH3CH2CH2COOH>CH3CH2COOH>CH3COOH\mathrm{HCOOH}>\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{COOH}>\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{COOH}>\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COOH}HCOOH>CH3CH2CH2COOH>CH3CH2COOH>CH3COOHBOption B. HCOOH>CH3COOH>CH3CH2COOH>CH3CH2CH2COOH\mathrm{HCOOH}>\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COOH}>\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{COOH}>\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{COOH}HCOOH>CH3COOH>CH3CH2COOH>CH3CH2CH2COOHCOption C. CH3CH2CH2COOH>CH3CH2COOH>CH3COOH>HCOOH\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{COOH}>\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{COOH}>\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COOH}>\mathrm{HCOOH}CH3CH2CH2COOH>CH3CH2COOH>CH3COOH>HCOOHDOption D. CH3COOH>CH3CH2COOH>CH3CH2CH2COOH>HCOOH\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{COOH}>\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{COOH}>\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{COOH}>\mathrm{HCOOH}CH3COOH>CH3CH2COOH>CH3CH2CH2COOH>HCOOHCheckSkip · show solution