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Chapter 10.SE, Problem 46AP
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Carboxylic acids (RCO2H; pKa ≈ 5) are approximately 1011 times more acidic than alcohols (ROH; pKa ≈ 16). In other words using the concept of resonance the observation that a carboxylate (RCO2-) ion is more stable than alkoxide (RO-) ion is to be explained.

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Carboxylic acids are more acidic since their conjugate bases obtained by the loss of a proton, carboxylate anions, are stablised by resonance. Alcohols are less acidic as there is no resonance stabilization possible in their conjugate bases, the alkoxide ions.

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