Besides, in the case of phenols, a negative charge is delocalized with less electronegative carbon atoms in phenoxide ion and less effective over one oxygen atom.
Thus, the carboxylate ion exhibits higher stability than that of phenoxide ion. Thus, carboxylic acids are more acidic than phenols. When carboxylic acids react with metals and the alkalis, they produce carboxylate ions, which only stabilize because of the resonance.
A simple way to understand carboxyl groups is by understanding that electrons withdrawal leads to the carboxyl group's increased acidity, whereas an electron donation leads to the decrease of the carboxyl group's acidity. The carboxylic acid's acidity further depends on the substituent aryl or alkyl group's nature, which is attached to the carboxyl group. An electron-withdrawing group ensures the effective negative charge delocalization via inductive or resonance effect.
Therefore, the electron-withdrawing groups increase the stability of the conjugate base that is formed. Whereas, the electron-donating groups destabilize the conjugate base that is formed and thus decrease the acidity of the carboxylic acid. The general trend of acidic strength of carboxylic acid or the order of acidity of carboxylic acids can be represented as follows. We can also call it the order of acidic strength of carboxylic acids.
Commonly, carboxylic acids are identified using their trivial names. They often contain the suffix -ic acid. There also exist the recommended IUPAC names; in this system, carboxylic acids contain an -oic acid suffix.
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