Acidity of Carboxylic Acids
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Q.
Carboxylic acids are:
Strong acids
Weak acids
Strong when in water
None of these
Q. ___ are oxidized to acids by heating them with solutions of potassium permanganate (KMnO 4) or potassium dichromate (K 2Cr 2O 7).
- Alkenes
- Alkynes
- Alkanes
- Alkyl Halides
Q. The correct order of acid character of the following compounds is :

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- II>III>IV>I
- I>II>III>IV
- III>II>I>IV
- IV>III>II>I
Q. What is the main reason for the fact that carboxylic acids can undergo ionization
Absence of α−hydrogen
Resonance stabilisation of the carboxylate ion
- Hydrogen bonding
High reactivity of α−hydrogen
Q.
When propionic acid is treated with aqueous sodium bicarbonate, CO2 is liberated. The C of CO2 comes from:
Methyl group
Carboxylic acid group
Bicarbonate group
Methylene group
Q. When propionic acid is treated with aqueous sodium bicarbonate CO2 is liberated. The ‘C’ of CO2 comes from
Methyl group
Carboxylic acid group
Methylene group
- Bicarbonate
Q. Consider the acidity of the carboxylic acids
- PhCOOH
- o−NO2C6H4COOH
- p−NO2C6H4COOH
- m−NO2C6H4COOH
Q. Which H atom in the following ester is most acidic?
1CH3−1CH2−O||C−3CH2−O||C−O−C4H2 5CH3
1CH3−1CH2−O||C−3CH2−O||C−O−C4H2 5CH3
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Q. Among the following acids which has the lowest pKA value
- CH3COOH
- (CH3)2CH−COOH
- CH3CH2COOH
- HCOOH
Q. Which one is strongest acid
- CHCl2COOH
- CHF2COOH
- CH2FCOOH
- CH2ClCOOH