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Aldehydes, Ketones And Carboxylic Acids

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Explain the reason why:
The carboxylate ion, RCOO^- is more stable than the carboxylic acid, RCOOH.

Solution

The carboxylate ion is a hybrid of two equivalent structures whereas the carboxylic acid is a hybrid of two non-equivalent structures.

Some More Questions From Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids Chapter

Write the structures of products of the following reactions:

Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their boiling points:
CH₃CHO, CH₃CH₂OH, CH₃OCH₃, CH₃CH₂CH₃.

Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their reactivity in nucleophilic addition reactions:
Ethanal, Propanal, Propanone, Butanone.

Arrange the following compounds in increasing order of their reactivity in nucleophilic addition reactions:
Benzaldehyde, p-Tolualdehyde, p-Nitrobenzaldehyde, Acetophenone.

Predict the products of the following reactions:

Predict the products of the following reactions:

Predict the products of the following reactions:

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