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Why Formic acid is more acidic than acetic acid.?

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An acid is considered stronger if it can lose a hydrogen easily to a base. Out of acetic acid and formic acid, formic acid is considered stronger because the CH3 in acetic acid is electron donating. ... This is all because the CH3 is an electron donating group.
So Formic acid is stronger than acetic acid

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