MHT CET Chemistry question

-OH group in alcohol is neutral while it is acidic in carboxylic acid because :

(A)Alcohol has alkyl group with +1 effect
(B)Carboxylic acid is an electrovalent compound
(C)Alcohol is a covalent compound
(D)In carboxylic acid -OH group is joined to electron withdrawing carbonyl groupCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

The electron-withdrawing C=O group and resonance stabilisation of the carboxylate ion make the O-H of an acid easy to ionise; (a) is

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