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Puchinita5
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Homework Statement
Soooo...looking at Ka values, methanol is more acidic than water. Ethanol is less acidic.
I understand that the reason ethanol is less acidic than water is because the ethanol ion has an inductive effect where more electrons are donated to the oxygen, so it being more negative it is more likely to pick up a hydrogen again. Why then is methanol more acidic than water?