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Q.

Arrange hypophosphorous acid H3PO2, phosphorous acid H3PO3 and Phosphoric acid H3PO4 in the decreasing order of acidic strength

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a

H3PO3>H3PO4>H3PO2

b

H3PO4>H3PO3>H3PO2

c

H3PO4>H3PO2>H3PO3

d

H3PO4≈H3PO3≈H3PO2

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

There is very little difference in acid strength in the series H3PO4,H3PO3 and H3PO2 because the hydrogen in these acids are not all bonded to phosphorus. In the above three acids although the number of -OH groups (ionizable hydrogen increases, yet the acidity does not increase very much.
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