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Account for the following:
Highly branched carboxylic acids are less acidic than unbranched acids

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Solution

The $- C O O H$ group of the branched acid is shielded from solvent molecules and cannot be stabilized by solvation as effectively as unbranched acid like the acetate anion.

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