Help. I\'m not sure what I\'m doing wrong here. Rank the following four acids in

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Help. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here. Rank the following four acids in order of increasing Br

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bronsted acid is a molecule or ion that is able to lose, or "donate," a hydrogen cation (proton, H+). H2F+> CH3SH2+>(CH3)2OH+>CH3OH " The ionization process depends upon the breaking of the bond to hydrogen, so the weaker the H–X bond, the stronger the acid. Bond energies usually decrease down a group, because the distance between nuclei increases. The element effect gives the acidity ranking H2F > CH3SH2 > (CH3)2OH . The charge effect makes CH3OH the least acidic. The reason that H2F is more acidic than CH3SH2 is that HF is more acidic than CH3SH. The charge effect should make both more acidic, and we assume that it should not change their relative order."

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