194 Carboxylic acids are relatively strong acids Carboxylic acids have much lower pK a values than do alcohols The lowered pK a values are due to the electronwithdrawing effect of the positively polarized carbonyl carbon and the resonance stabilization of the carboxylate group ID: 458710
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