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Name the two groups that make up the carboxyl group.
The word carboxyl joins the names of the two groups.
Give the IUPAC names of HCOOH and CH3COOH.
Count the carbon atoms, including the carboxyl carbon.
What is the IUPAC name of CH3CH2CH2COOH?
Count the carboxyl carbon too.
What is the IUPAC name of CH3CHClCOOH?
Which carbon is always number 1?
An unbranched dicarboxylic acid has the formula C4H6O4. Give its structure, IUPAC name and common name, and explain why it is more soluble in water than hexanoic acid.
Both end carbons are carboxyl carbons.
Using the structures of their anions, explain why ethanoic acid is a much stronger acid than ethanol.
Compare how the negative charge is spread in each anion.
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