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in nules for catbonyli aciasn 2. What are the essential geometric properties of

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Question

in nules for catbonyli aciasn 2. What are the essential geometric properties of carboxylic acids? 3. What is the primary reason that carboxylic acids have higher boiling points than the corresponding alcohols? 4. What are the general solubility characteristics of carboxylic acids and carboxylate ions? (How do you make a carboxylate ion?) 5. What is the pKa of an average aliphatic and an average aromatic carboxylic acid? the acidity to change in both types? What factors cause 6. Find at least three common methods to prepare carboxylic acids 7. List all of the common derivatives (ones that are in the same oxidation category) that can be prepared from carboxylic acids. 8. ide the common name, the IUPAC name, and the structure of at least three essential fatty acids 9. What are the characteristic IR absorptions and NMR resonances that clearly identify the carboxylic acid functional group?

Explanation / Answer

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Naming rules for carboxylic acids: