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Which has more acidity between glycolic acid and chloroacetic acid?
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Which has more acidity between glycolic acid and chloroacetic acid?
Chloroacetic acid (pKa = 2.86), which is also highly toxic. By contrast, glycolic acid is a weaker acid (pKa = 3.83) and so non-toxic it is permitted in cosmetics.
Chloroacetic acid (pKa = 2.86), which is also highly toxic. By contrast, glycolic acid is a weaker acid (pKa = 3.83) and so non-toxic it is permitted in cosmetics.
Glycolic acid is the shortest of a series of alpha-hydroxy acids, specifically alpha-hydroxy acetic acid. Actually the “alpha” is unnecessary because there is nowhere else the -OH could go, but it reminds us that glycolic acid belongs to this series. see Wikipedia.
Glycolic acid is the shortest of a series of alpha-hydroxy acids, specifically alpha-hydroxy acetic acid. Actually the “alpha” is unnecessary because there is nowhere else the -OH could go, but it reminds us that glycolic acid belongs to this series. see Wikipedia.
Chloroacetic acid (pKa = 2.86), which is also highly toxic. By contrast, glycolic acid is a weaker acid (pKa = 3.83) and so non-toxic it is permitted in cosmetics.
Chloroacetic acid (pKa = 2.86), which is also highly toxic. By contrast, glycolic acid is a weaker acid (pKa = 3.83) and so non-toxic it is permitted in cosmetics.
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Glycolic acid is the shortest of a series of alpha-hydroxy acids, specifically alpha-hydroxy acetic acid. Actually the “alpha” is unnecessary because there is nowhere else the -OH could go, but it reminds us that glycolic acid belongs to this series. see Wikipedia.
Glycolic acid is the shortest of a series of alpha-hydroxy acids, specifically alpha-hydroxy acetic acid. Actually the “alpha” is unnecessary because there is nowhere else the -OH could go, but it reminds us that glycolic acid belongs to this series. see Wikipedia.
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