i) Draw the dissociation reaction for a carboxylic acid in water and define the Ka for this reaction. Write the equation that relates pKa to Ka.

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(i) Draw the dissociation reaction for a carboxylic acid in water and define the Ka for this reaction. Write the equation that relates pKa to Ka. 

(ii) A deprotonated carboxylic acid can be drawn in two resonance forms. Draw the two forms and explain what the term “resonance” means.

(iii) Draw an energy profile for the above dissociation reaction and describe how the profiles for a strong and a weak acid would differ.

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