These compounds show characteristic IR absorption at 2500 to 3000 inverse centimeters due to their O-H bond and at 1710 to 1760 inverse centimeters.
These compounds show characteristic IR absorption at 2500 to 3000 inverse centimeters due to their O-H bond and at 1710 to 1760 inverse centimeters. Typical ways of producing them include the oxydative cleavage of alkenes and the oxidation of alkylbenzenes, and one of the most widely used compounds of this type is produced by the rhodium-catalyzed reaction of methanol with carbon monoxide. Like ketones, they have sp2 hybridization, and like alcohols they exhibit strong hydrogen bonding, with the result that most of them exist as cyclic dimers held together by two hydrogen bonds. For ten points, identify these organic compounds characterized by the presence of a carboxyl group, which include such substances as acetic and ascorbic acids.
These compounds show characteristic IR absorption at 2500 to 3000 inverse centimeters due to their O-H bond and at 1710 to 1760 inverse centimeters.
{carboxylic acid}s ("acids" not required after the end of the question)