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You should read my reply to my post. They should have been combined. In general a straight carbon chain attached to a carboxyl group gives a stronger acid than a branched chain attached to the carboxyl group. The straight chain is more electronegative than the branched chain. As a result...

A branched carbon chain is less electronegative than a straight carbon chain. So a branched carbon chain attached to a carboxyl group will give a weaker carboxylic acid than if a straight carbon chain were attached. For example pentanoic acid is a stronger acid than 2,2 methyl propionic acid.

The longer the carbon chain on a carboxylic acid the less acidic it becomes. This is because the carbon chain pushes electrons towards the negatively charged carboxyl ion destabilizing it. If a flourine atom is bonded next to the carboxyl ion it becomes more acidic than if a methyl group was...

The Al ion has a +3 charge on it. This is because the Al ion has a neon electron configuration 1s22s22p6. The noble gas neon has a stable electron configuration. All the n=2 orbitals are filled.