Answer:
See explanation below
Explanation:
This question is incomplete because you are not putting the compounds you are talking here. However, I manage to find this question, and the first image below is the whole question.
Now, According to this question, we have the same compound. The difference between them is that compound 1 has the CO2H in axial direction, while compound 2 has it in equatorial direction.
As they are both, you can easily say that compound 1 is more acidic because the formed anion of CO2H, which is the CO2- is stabilized by hidrogen bonding that is formed between the OH and the CO2H. As you can see, in compound 1 they are both pointing at the same direction so an hydrogen bonding is easily formed, and this gives more stability to thw whole compound, thus, a better acid.
On the contrary, compound 2 has the CO2H in a not so suitable orientation, so the possible hydrogen bonding there cannot be formed, so the anion cannot be stabilized by this force, thus, is less acidic than compound 1.
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