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Which compound is an a-hydroxy acid?

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Carboxylic acids react with bases, such as NaOH, to form _____.

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Soaps are ____.

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1) 2) 3) 4) Which compound is an a-hydroxy acid? Question 13 options: Carboxylic acids react with bases, such as NaOH, to form _____. Question 14 options: What are the products in the acid?base reaction? Question 15 options: Soaps are ____. Question 16 options: salts of carboxylic acids that have many carbon atoms in a long hydrocarbon chain salts of carboxylic acids that have many carbon atoms in a long hydrocarbon chain salts of carboxylic acids that have many carbon atoms in a short hydrocarbon chain carboxylic acids

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Q14. Carboxylic acids react with bases, such as NaOH, to form _____.?

Suppose a carboxylic acid RCOOH. When it reacts with NaOH, the reaction takes place as

RCOOH + NaOH ------------> RCOONa + H2O

so, RCOONa are water - soluble salts because these are ionic in nature. So, these are water - soluble salts.

Q16. Soaps are ____?

Soaps are salts of fatty acids. So, they contain salts of carboxylic acids that have many carbon atoms in a long hydrocarbon chain.

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