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| 1. |
Carboxylic acid group does not give the usual addition and elimination reactions of aldehydes and ketones because |
| A. | \[O-H\] bond is more polar than group |
| B. | carboxylate ion gets ionized |
| C. | carboxylate ion gets stabilised by resonance |
| D. | it exists as \[-COOH\] and there is no carbonyl group |
| Answer» D. it exists as \[-COOH\] and there is no carbonyl group | |