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The acidic nature of the carboxylic acid...

The acidic nature of the carboxylic acids is due to:

A

high degree of ionisation of the acid

B

greater resonance stabilization of the acid

C

greater resonance stabilization of the carboxylate ion

D

all of the above

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C
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