Give reasons for the following: bond length of C = O in carboxylic acid is slightly larger than C = O bond length in carbonyl compounds.

Give reasons for the following: bond length of C = O in carboxylic aci

1.	Give reasons for the following: bond length of C = O in carboxylic acid is slightly larger than C = O bond length in carbonyl compounds.
Answer» Because the C=O BOND in an aldehyde has a HIGHER bond ORDER than the C=O ... In a CARBOXYLIC acid, there's some single-bond CHARACTER