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Acidity of Carboxylic Acids

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While sulphur dioxide and hydrogen peroxide can actas oxidising as well as reducing agents in theirreactions, ozone and nitric acid act only as oxidants.This is because(a) in SO2 and H2O2, S and O are in their lowest oxidationstate(b) in 03 and HNO3, N and O are in their highest oxidationstateOs and HNO3, N and O are in their lowest oxidationstate(o) in(d) Both (a) and (b)

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