I was solving a question where I was asked to identify the reagents given in the question which could react with a compound provided.
The first compound was methanoic acid. One of the reagents given was $\ce{FeCl_3}$. According to the answer key, these 2 could react. On googling the reaction, I found that methanoic acid loses its acidic proton and is attacked by $\ce{FeCl_3}$ and the proton released then removes chlorine to form the complex. It all made sense because $\ce{CH_3COOH}$ was an acid.
But the next compound was 3-carboxy-4-nitro-benzene sulfonic acid. And I wanted to check its reactivity with $\ce{FeCl3}$. So, I felt that the compound being acidic due to the sulfonic group would work similarly as the first compound and thus react with $\ce{FeCl_3}$. However on verifying with the answer key, I found that it would not react with $\ce{FeCl_3}$. But I couldn't think of a reason why.