Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A) Carboxylate anions are more susceptible to nucleophilic addition than carboxylic acids.
• B) Polarization in the C=O bond destabilizes a carboxylate anion.
• C) The carbonyl carbon atom in a carboxylic acid reacts as a Lewis base.
• D) Protonation of a carboxylic acid generally occurs faster at the hydroxyl group than at the carbonyl oxygen.
• E) Removal of the hydroxyl proton in a carboxylic acid is often the fastest reaction that carboxylic acids undergo.

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