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« on: February 07, 2010, 07:50:35 PM »

For the organi acids below, circle the hydrogen or hydrogen that are acidic.

Oxalic acid...HOOC-COOH   don't know which hydrogens here are acidic.

Formic Acid   HCOOH

Acetic acid   Ch3COOH


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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2010, 02:32:34 AM »
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When benzene carboxylic acid (benzoic acid ) ionises it does so as follows:
C6H5COOH <===> C6H5COO- + H+
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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2010, 07:43:28 AM »
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For the organi acids below, circle the hydrogen or hydrogen that are acidic.

Oxalic acid...HOOC-COOH   don't know which hydrogens here are acidic.

Formic Acid   HCOOH

Acetic acid   Ch3COOH
Acidic Hydrogens are those which can be easitly removed as H+ ion
In Oxalic acid H--OOC-COO---H
In Formic acid HCOO----H
In Acetic Acid CH3COO---H
Those shown in orange color are acidic hydrogens
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« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2010, 07:52:19 AM »
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For the organi acids below, circle the hydrogen or hydrogen that are acidic.

Oxalic acid...HOOC-COOH   don't know which hydrogens here are acidic.

Formic Acid   HCOOH

Acetic acid   Ch3COOH

For oxalic acid which is a dicarboxylic acid, both the H at the COO end are acidic.
Formic acid(methanoic acid) and acetic acid are mono-carboxylic acid, so only the H connected to the COO end is acidic.

One thing to note is that, when you say acidic, any H can be acidic, it just depends on how stable the conjugate base formed after H+ dissociation. ie for all carboxylic acid, the conjugate base can be stabilised by resonance/conjugation via the pi framework of the carboxylate conjugate base formed.
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