Why carboxylic acid does not show the properties of alcohol and carbonyl group?
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Carboxylic acid does not give right characteristic reactions of carbonyl group. It also do not form oximes, hydra zones and so on. This is because the lone pairs on oxygen atom could be attached to hydrogen atom in the COOH group and involved in making carbon atom less electrophilic..........
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