Thursday, January 22, 2009

OC

okay OC quiz tomorrow. so not ready


anyone knows why HCOOH is a stronger acid than benzoic acid? ANYONE?


darn why must you do this to me chem.

1 comment:

Josephine said...

if nt mistaken, HCOOH is simply stronger than benzoic acid due to d structure (HCOOH is simply a straight chain whereas benzoic acid has a ring structure). check on resonance effect.