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When formic acid donates the proton from its oxygen to a base, a formate ion is the result. Write another resonance structure for formic acid and for the formate ion. Which species, formic acid or the formate ion, would be most stabilized by resonance? |
Answer» Solution :The reaction is  The resonance STRUCTURES of formic ACID and formate ion are as follows. Out of these the resonance structure of formate ion is more STABLE as in formic acid structure positive charge on electronegative O ATOM destabilizes the structure. 
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