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Q: Suggest reasonable explanations for each of the following observations. (a) Both hydrogens are anti to each other in the most stable conformation of formic acid.

Suggest reasonable explanations for each of the following observations.
(a) Both hydrogens are anti to each other in the most stable conformation of formic acid.
(b) Oxalic acid has a dipole moment of zero in the gas phase.
(c) The dissociation constant of o-hydroxybenzoic acid is greater (by a factor of 12) than that of o-methoxybenzoic acid.
(d) Ascorbic acid (vitamin C), although not a carboxylic acid, is sufficiently acidic to cause carbon dioxide liberation on being dissolved in aqueous sodium bicarbonate

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