JEE Main Chemistry question

Acetic acid exists as a dimer in benzene due to:

(A)Condensation reaction
(B)Hydrogen bondingCorrect
(C)Presence of carboxyl group
(D)Presence of hydrogen atom at the -carbon

Answer: (B)

Solution

In a non-polar solvent like benzene, two acetic acid molecules associate through a pair of intermolecular O–HO=C hydrogen bonds, forming a stable cyclic dimer held together by two hydrogen

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Question ID VK-133580