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why carboxylate ions are more stable than carboxylic acid​

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An anion is always less stable than a closely-related, closed-shell neutral species. It's not even more stable in aqueous solution: carboxylic acids are weak acids in water, and so the neutral acid is more stable than the carboxylate + hydronium ion.

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