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Haloacetic acids

Bromoacetic acid
Trichloroacetic acid
Examples of haloacetic acids

Haloacetic acids are carboxylic acids in which a halogen atom takes the place of a hydrogen atom in acetic acid. In a monohaloacetic acid, a single halogen replaces a hydrogen atom; for example, in bromoacetic acid. Further substitution of hydrogen atoms with halogens can occur, as in dichloroacetic acid and trichloroacetic acid.

The inductive effect caused by the electronegative halogens often result in the higher acidity of these compounds by stabilising the negative charge of the conjugate base.