Carboxylic acids and related compounds
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What is a weak organic acid? Could you define it and give common name, and chemical formula?
There are hundreds and thousands of weak organic acids. The term 'organic acid' is often applied to carboxylic acids which are all weak acids. So you can take any carboxylic acid, such as ethanoic acid, as an example.
There are other weak organic acids, such as phenols.
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updated: 02 December 2004
