Formic acid is not a representative member of carboxylic acids because:

it does not contain alkyl group

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it contains an aldehydic group while the other acids do not

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it is the first member of the series

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it is a gas

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Solution

The correct option is D it is a gas
Formic acid forms hydrogen bonded dimers and it shares most of the properties of carboxylic acids but it shares reducing properties of aldehydes and reducing properties of some other metals too. It has high acidity so its solution in alcohols form esters spontaneously.

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