Questions tagged [carboxylic-acids]
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-I effect vs +M effect of Chlorine on acidity of benzoic acid
The -I power of Halogens like Chlorine is stronger than their +M power. Therefore, we consider -I effect for comparing acidity of benzoic acid [Ka-> ortho > meta > para]. But shouldn't -I ...
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Why is the lysine side chain more basic?
As per PubChem: $pK_1 = 2.18$; $pK_2 = 8.95$; $pK_3 = 10.53$ at 38 °C, indicating that the side chain amino group is deprotonated at a higher pH, indicating it is more basic. I tried to justify this ...
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Acidity of formic acid and 3-fluoropropanoic acid [duplicate]
I'm getting conflicting answers when I want to find out the acidity of 3-fluoropropanoic acid and formic acid.
I argue that 3-fluoropropanoic acid is stronger acid than formic acid as it has a -I ...
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Acidic strength of alkanoic acids vs. benzoic acid vs. methanoic acid
I've heard some people say that benzoic acid has a $+\ce{M}$ effect due to the benzene ring which destabilizes the conjugate base. Also, this would be the dominating factor over the weak $-\ce{I}$ ...
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Simplest existing tricarboxylic acid
I am wondering what is the simplest tricarboxylic acid that can be isolated in a pure form. Would it be methanetricarboxylic acid or ethane-1,1,2-tricarboxylic acid or maybe even longer chain is ...
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which is more acidic thiols or carboxylic acid?
According to me as the key atoms are different so when the h+ is released and each of them gets a negative charge as sulphur is a bigger atom compared to oxygen charge is more dispersed , hence the ...
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Can diols be oxidised to hydroxyacids? [closed]
Conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid
$
\ce{CH3CH2OH_{(aq)}
\xrightarrow[KMnO^{-}_{4}]{NaOH}
CH3CHO_{(aq)} + H2O_{(l)}
}\\
$
$\ce{CH3CHO_{(aq)} + H+_{(aq)}
\xrightarrow[KMnO^{-}_{4}]{HCl}
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Preparation of alkane through decarboxylation by soda lime
Can we still prepare alkane through decarboxylation (using soda lime) if instead of using sodium salt of carboxylic acid, we use the carboxylic acid directly.
Because I have always seen the ...
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Can acyl chloride give Wurtz reaction? [closed]
Since the mechanism involves formation of free radical so is it possible to yield a ketone from wurtz reaction of acyl chloride
Such as CH3COCl reacts with Na in dry ether so can it yield CH3COCH3
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What is the chemical mechanism at work during the carboxylation of graphene oxides?
The literature describes carboxylation as an efficient technique to increase the ability of graphene oxide to adsorb metals, as it increases the content of carboxylic acids in the material, while ...
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Why don’t Grignard reagants react with their alcohol products?
I’ve read that Grignard reagants react pretty quickly with alcohols and carboxylic acids to form their respective conjugate bases. I’ve also learned that Grignards can be used for the prepararion of ...
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Why is the inductive effect possible?
Firstly, I must preface that I am a Biology student. To elaborate my question, I was looking for the reason why carboxylic acids are more acidic than alcohols, despite both compounds containing —OH ...
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How does vinegar free deposits from a surface?
I use vinegar to clean/descale an electric kettle.
How does this work? i.e. how does the vinegar free the deposits (calcium, manganese?) from the surface?
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Why are crystals of carboxylic acid fluffy
I'm an undergrad student and we recently performed saponification of esters which resulted in the formation of carboxylic acid which we had isolated out of the reaction mixture.
After ...
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Compare acidic strength of two different hydrogen in a Compound (2-hydroxycyclohex-1-encarboxylicacid)
I want to compare acidic strength between hydrogen-(a) and hydrogen-(b), I am getting answer as (a) but my classmate and my teacher said that (b) will have more acidic strength. I think (a) should ...
