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Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long chain ___ .

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carboxylic acids

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B

aldehydes

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C

sulphonates

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D

ketones

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Solution

The correct option is A carboxylic acids
Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of long chain carboxylic acids

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