Why do most carboxylic acids exist as dimmers?
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Carboxylic acids exist as dimer because the carboxylic acid has oxygen atom and hydrogen atom. The oxygen ion has a lone pair of electron. Explanation: On the other hydrogen has a free accepting orbits for electrons.
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The common explanation for why carboxylic acids are more acidic than other molecules (such as alcohols) is that resonance delocalization of charge stabilizes the conjugate base anion relative to the reactant acid.
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