Of the two hydroxy organic compounds ROH and R'OH ,the first one is basic and the other is acidic in behaviour . How is R different from R'?
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R ' is acetic acid CH3COOH and R would be ethanol C2H5OH bcoz ethanol act as both acid and base it is amphoteric solution
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but its organic and if R is an alcohol then the compound would become some base like NaOH or KOH.And if it's a non-metal then i think that non metals donot have the ability to combine with OH- group.
oh sorry I thought that is oxide
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R is used for alkyl group ! not hydroxy derivative or carboxy derivative! how can uh say it is a coarboxylic acid ? dude it is written over there that ROH and R'OH , nd uh are considering the R as CH3CO ?
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R' may be tertiary group like (CH3)3 and it increase acidity of the compound.
whereas R may be primary alkyl group like CH3 and in comparision R is basick and R' is acidic.
whereas R may be primary alkyl group like CH3 and in comparision R is basick and R' is acidic.
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