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Will a carboxylic acid be more soluble in acidic or basic solutions?

Answer 1

It will be more soluble in a basic solution. Of course, it will be present in solution as its conjugate base, the carboxylate ion.

#RC(=O)OH + OH^(-) rarr RC(=O)O^(-) + H_2O# A base will react with a weak acid to give the appropriate products. The charged species should be more soluble in aqueous solution than its parent acid.

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Answer 2

Natalie Anton

A carboxylic acid will be more soluble in basic solutions because carboxylic acids are weak acids that can ionize in basic solutions to form carboxylate ions, which are more soluble than the undissociated acid molecules.

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