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Why are carboxylic acids more acidic than alcohols or alkynes? (choose all that apply)
Group of answer choices:
a. Carboxylate ions have resonance, while alkoxides and acetylides don't
b. Carboxylic acids are sp2 hybridized while alkynes are sp hybridized and alcohols are sp3 hybridized
c. The carboxylate O- is near a 2nd very electronegative O atom
d. Both carboxylic acids and carboxylates have resonance stabilization

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Answer:

The answers are (A.) Carboxylate ions have resonance, while alkoxides and acetylides don't (D.) Both carboxylic acids and carboxylates have resonance stabilization

Explanation:

When alcohols or alkynes donate a proton (H+), they become alkoxides acetylides respectively. Carboxylic acids on the other hand form carboxylate ions.

Carboxylate ions are more stable than their alkoxide and acetylides counterparts, because they possess a resonance structure which disperses its negative charge and allows for the valence electrons to be effectively delocalized.

Hence, carboxylic are more acidic than alcohols or alkynes.

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The loss of the acidic hydrogen in carboxylic acids leads to the formation of a carboxylate ion which is resonance stabilized.

A carboxylic acid has the functional group -COOH. The functional group in an alcohol is the -OH group. The functional group of the alkynes is the triple bond. All three functional groups possess an acidic hydrogen.

However, the loss of the acidic hydrogen in carboxylic acids leads to the formation of a carboxylate ion which is resonance stabilized. Alcohols and alkynes are not resonance stabilized hence they are less acidic.

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