Stability of carboxylic acid

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Vivian Chen 3A
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Stability of carboxylic acid

Postby Vivian Chen 3A » Sat Mar 07, 2015 5:55 pm

Since carboxylic acids disassociate in water, would it be more stable as RCOO- or RCOOH? Since there's resonance in the first structure but no resonance in the second structure.
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Re: Stability of carboxylic acid

Postby Chem_Mod » Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:48 pm

RCOOH is a weak acid with K < 1. Therefore you know the left (RCOOH) is favored over the right (RCOO- + H+).
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