Organic Chemistry Lab Assume along with benzoic acid on the lab bench is a bottl

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Organic Chemistry Lab

Assume along with benzoic acid on the lab bench is a bottle of butanedioic acid which you mistakenly used for the titration instead of benzoic acid. How might this affect the amount of titrant added?

A) The amount of titrant aded would depend on the volume of solvent used with the butanedioic acid

B) More titrant would be required than for benzoic acid

C) Since both are acids, this would have no effect on the amount of titrant added?

D) Less titrant would be required than for benzoic acid

E) None of the answers shown are correct

Explanation / Answer

ANSWER : B) More titrant would be required than for benzoic acid

because butane dioic acid contain two -COOH groups

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