Why carboxylic acids don not give reactions of carbonyl group?
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➡️The carbonyl carbon in ketones and aldehydes is more electrophilic than incarboxylic acids.This is because the lone pairs on oxygen atom attached to hydrogen atom in the -COOH group are involved in resonance thereby making the carbon atom less electrophilic.
➡️The carbonyl carbon in ketones and aldehydes is more electrophilic than incarboxylic acids.This is because the lone pairs on oxygen atom attached to hydrogen atom in the -COOH group are involved in resonance thereby making the carbon atom less electrophilic.
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