Answer:p-hydroxybenzaldehyde is stronger acid to phenol
para-cyanophenol is stronger acid to meta-cyanophenol
o-fluorophenol is stronger acid to p-fluorophenol.
Explanation:
The PKa tool relative to Ph are used to contrast the pairs.
The pKa of phenol is 10. The pKa of p-hydroxybenzaldehyde is 9.24
The pKa for meta-cyanophenol is 8.61 and the pKa for para-cyanophenol is 7.95.
The pKa value of o-fluorophenol is 8.7, while that of the p-fluorophenol is 9.9. It's obvious that the inductive effect is more dominant at ortho-position, which results in a more acidic nature
The pKa is the pH value at which a chemical species will accept or donate a proton. The lower the pKa, the stronger the acid and the greater the ability to donate a proton in aqueous solution.
