A carboxylic acid has two oxygen atoms, each with two nonbonding pairs of electrons.(a) Draw the resonance forms of a carboxylic acid that is protonated on the hydroxyoxygen atom.(b) Compare the resonance forms with those given previously for an acid protonated on thecarbonyl oxygen atom

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A carboxylic acid has two oxygen atoms, each with two nonbonding pairs of electrons.
(a) Draw the resonance forms of a carboxylic acid that is protonated on the hydroxy
oxygen atom.
(b) Compare the resonance forms with those given previously for an acid protonated on the
carbonyl oxygen atom

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