Carboxylic acid group does not give the usual addition and elimination reactions of aldehydes and ketones because 

Carboxylic acid group does not give the usual addition and elimination reactions of aldehydes and ketones because 

  1. A

    O-H bond is more polar than 

     

  2. B

    carboxylate ion gets ionised 

  3. C

    carboxylate ion gets stabilised by resonance 

  4. D

    it exists as COOH and there is no carbonyl group 

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    Solution:

    Due toresonance in carboxylate ion, the double bond character of C = O bond in carboxylic acids is greatly reduced as compared to that in aldehydes and ketones. 

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