Question

Most organic acids can be represented as RCOOH, in which COOH is the carboxyl group and R is the rest of the molecule. (For example, R is CH3 in acetic acid, CH3COOH.) (a) Draw the Lewis structure of acetic acid. draw structure ... (b) Upon ionization, the carboxyl group is converted to the carboxylate group, COO−. Draw the Lewis structure for one of the two resonance structures of the acetate anion. (The acetate anion is the ionized form of acetic acid). draw structure ...

Answer 1

Acetic acid contains two distinct types of carbon-oxygen bonds due to the presence of both a carbonyl group and a hydroxyl group. The acetate ion, formed by ionization of acetic acid, only contains one type of carbon-oxygen bond in the carboxylate group.

Acetic acid, CH3COOH, contains two distinct types of carbon-oxygen bonds because it has both a carbonyl group (C=O) and a hydroxyl group (-OH). The carbon atom in the carboxyl group is double bonded to one oxygen atom and single bonded to the other oxygen atom, forming a carbonyl and a hydroxyl group.

On the other hand, the acetate ion, which is formed by ionization of acetic acid, only contains one type of carbon-oxygen bond because it only has a carboxylate group (COO-) with a double bond between the carbon and one oxygen atom.

Answer 2

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Step-by-step explanation:

Lewis structures, which is also called electron-dot structures or electron-dot diagrams, are diagrams that show the bonding between atoms of a molecule, and the lone pairs of electrons that may exist in the molecule. A Lewis structure can be drawn for any covalently-bonded molecule, as well as coordination compounds.

Check attachment for the structures.