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(b) Why carboxylic acids do not give the characteristic reactions of carbonyl group? |
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Answer» Thecarbonylcarbon in ketones and aldehydes is more electrophilic than incarboxylic acids.This is because the lone pairs on oxygen atom attached to hydrogen atom in the -COOHgroupare involved in resonance thereby making the carbon atom less electrophilic. |
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