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Why does hydrogen bonding in salicylic acid make it more acidic?
When salicylic acid deprotonates (losing the proton from the carboxyl group) it forms a hydrogen bond with between the oxygen in the carboxylate anion and the hydrogen in the alcohol group. However, ...
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Hydrogen bonding relating to molecular orbital theory
In [1, p. 232] here is an explanation of how alcohols hydrogen bond to each other and I do understand how the alcohols form hydrogen bonds to each other:
FIGURE 6.15 Water and alcohols are both ...
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Why hydrogen bonding in some acids make them a stronger acid when it is present even before deprotonation?
If we take the example of salicylic acid, hydrogen bonding is present in the acid as follows:
Even after deprotonation, it has intramolecular hydrogen bonding as follows:
My question:
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Why don't dicarboxylic acids show hydrogen bonding in spite of the fact that carboxylic acids exist usually as dimers in polar aprotic solvent? [closed]
I have seen several examples:
The fact that maleic acid is more soluble in water than fumaric acid in spite of the fact that it must be able to show intramolecular hydrogen bonding.
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