what is ortho effect.is it make the compound more acidic or less acidic.plz explain in detail.

Dear student,

To make aromatic carboxylic acids more acidic u got to reduce the amount of resonance.
so say i introduce a big group in the ortho position ,due to steric repulsions the planarity of the ring is lost and hence resonance is reduced,making the acid more acidic.

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