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Carboxylic acid exists as dimers, explain why ?

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Carboxylic acids in anhydrous state or when dissolved in some non-aqueous solvent exists as dimers as shown below.

This is due to intermolecular hydrogen bonding. The H-bonding is so strong that it does not break even in vapour state.
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