The bond length of >C=0 in carboxylic acid is slightly larger than that in aldehydes and ketones. Why?
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bond in a carboxylic acid. In a carboxylic acid, there's some single-bond character, the result of resonance electron donation from the “single-bonded” oxygen of the acid: But in an aldehyde, there is no such resonance contribution and the C=O. bond order is higher.
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