Carboxylic Acid
Carbon is an carbon (3 sigma bonds + 1 pi bond)
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Van Der Waals Interactions-London Dispersion (your C-H bonds; non polar)
Dipole-Dipole: attractive forces between the positive end of one polar molecule and the
negative end of another polar molecule.
Hydrogen bonding: Hydrogen bonds are the strongest of intermolecular forces for
covalent compounds because they have the strongest permanent molecular dipoles of
any covalent bonds. The three types of covalent bonds that qualify for hydrogen
bonding are H-F, O-H, and N-H bonds.
**Carboxylic acids are acidic, because they have stable conjugate bases**
1. Rank the following acids from the most acidic to the least acidic
A>C>B>D>E
Carboxylic Acid Under Acidic Conditions
