Q.

What will be the decreasing order of basic strength of the following conjugate bases

-OH,RO-,CH3COO-,Cl-                    [2024]

1 OH->RO¯>CH3COO¯>Cl¯  
2 Cl¯>RO¯>OH->CH3COO¯  
3 RO¯>OH->CH3COO¯>Cl¯  
4 Cl¯>OH->RO¯>CH3COO¯  

Ans.

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Acidic strength order is : HCl>CH3COOH>HOH>ROH

Basic strength 1acid strength of conjugate acid

Thus basic strength order is: RO->OH->CH3COO->Cl-