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An organic molecule with a COOH functional group is known as a(n) ______.

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Answer: carboxylic acid

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the functional group carboxyl is a carbon atom with a single bond to an oxygen atom that is bonded to a hydrogen atom. The carbon is also double bonded to another oxygen atom. When an organic molecule contains this functional group it is a carboxylic acid

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