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Oxidation of a carboxylic acid?
« on: January 31, 2011, 07:35:16 pm »
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Title says it all... and let's say that carboxylic is ethanoic acid.

What is it exactly? Is it merely a combustion reaction?

Thanks in advance
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Re: Oxidation of a carboxylic acid?
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2011, 07:56:17 pm »
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Most likely; I don't know of any organic product that carboxylic acids can be oxidised to.
Probably a combustion reaction.
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Re: Oxidation of a carboxylic acid?
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2011, 08:04:02 pm »
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That is correct. The carbon in the carboxyl group has an oxidation state of +3, the only way to oxidize more is to turn that into a CO2.
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