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Carboxylic Acid The Carboxylettes (Kristy Morris and Tori Gilliland) You know Alkanes and Benzenes, and Alkynes and Alkenes, Amines and Alcohols, Aldehydes and Ketones...... But do you recall, the most famous functional group of all Carboxylic Acid, Has a carbonyl and a hydroxyl It loves to donate protons Then an anion is formed Of all the other acids It’s the most common organic one The simplest type is formic And acetic is another one As for water solubility It loves to hydrogen bond It’s soluble in water if the carbon chain’s not too long When this acid is deprotonated Carboxylate anions are formed It’s more acidic that alcohol And it has a lot of resonance forms
