Some Basic Principles Of Organic Chemistry Question 197
Question: Carboxylic acids are easily ionised. The main reason of this statement [UPSEAT 1999]
Options:
A) Absence of a-hydrogen
B) Resonance stabilisation of carboxylate ion
C) Reactivity of a-hydrogen
D) Hydrogen bond
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
Carboxylic acids are easily ionized because there is resonance in carboxylate ion due to p- electron shifting so $ {H^{+}} $ get ionised very easily.
