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Why are organic acids weaker than acids like hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid?

April 26, 2017acid acids Chemistry Hydrochloric Mathematics organic sulphuric weaker

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Why are organic acids weaker than acids like hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid?

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Because the conjugate base of the strong acids is so much smaller than the organic acids. An acid is an acid because it donates H+. In a acid like HCl, after a H+ is donated all that is left is a single Cl- ion floating around. So 50% of the compound is responsible for it being an acid.