Nucleotides are acidic in nature....

Nucleotides are acidic in nature.

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### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understanding Nucleotides**: - Nucleotides are the basic building blocks of nucleic acids, which include DNA and RNA. They are composed of three main components: a sugar molecule, a nitrogenous base, and a phosphate group. 2. **Components of Nucleotides**: - **Sugar**: The sugar in nucleotides can either be ribose (in RNA) or deoxyribose (in DNA). - **Nitrogenous Base**: This can be a purine (adenine or guanine) or a pyrimidine (cytosine, thymine in DNA, or uracil in RNA). ...

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Nucleotides is

Nitrogen base+ phosphate

phosphate+sugar

nitrogen base+sugar

nitrogen base+sugar+phosphate

Nucleotide is -

`N_(2)`- base, pentose sugar and phosphoric acid

Nitrogen, Hexose suger and phosphoric acid

Nitrogen base, pentose sugar

Nitrogen base, trioses and phosphoric acid

Carboxylic acids are acidic in nature because :

it dissociates to give `H^(+)` ioins

it dissolves in water to form protons

the carboxylate ion is resonance unstablised

both (a) and (b)