Carboxylic acids are acidic in nature because `:`

Options

A. it dissociates to give `H^(+)` ioins
B. it dissolves in water to form protons
C. the carboxylate ion is resonance unstablised
D. both (a) and (b)

Answer

D

Explanation

`R-COOHrarrR-COO^(-)+H^(+)`
`R-COOHoverset(H_(2)O)(rarr)R-COO^(-)+H^(+)`
Acidic nature of RCOOH.