MHT CET Chemistry question

What is the main reason for the fact that carboxylic acids can undergo ionization?

Answer: (B)

Solution

On ionization RCOOH gives RCOO, whose negative charge is delocalised over two equivalent oxygen atoms, so the anion is resonance stabilised and

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